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SWAT Team Kills Mentally Ill Man with Hatchet at TN Movie Theater

HeadlineAug 06, 2015

In Tennessee, a SWAT team shot and killed a man with a history of mental illness after he set off pepper spray inside a Nashville-area movie theater. Vincente Montano was reportedly armed with a hatchet and pellet gun, but no one was seriously injured by his attack. He was shot dead by authorities while attempting to leave the theater through a back door.

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