BREAKING NEWS
A
Tennessee man, 25, arrested for killing seven people including his parents and
a child, 12, also 'killed a woman after attempting to steal her car' during a
violent rampage
- A
man arrested for allegedly murdering several relatives may have killed a
woman after stealing her car during a violent rampage on Saturday
- Michael
Cummins, 25, was taken into custody on Saturday after the bodies of five
people were discovered in two homes in the town of Westmoreland
- The
victims include Cummins' parents David and Clara, his uncle Charlie Hosale
and a 12-year-old child
- Officials
said the body of a female was discovered in the locality after she was the
victim of a carjacking on Saturday night
- They
confirmed another body was found at one of the crime scenes on
Sunday
- His
grandmother was the sole survivor of the shooting spree and remains in
hospital
- Cummins
was arrested after he was found hiding in woods on Saturday night and was
shot at by an officer because he had several weapons in his
possession
- He
has a lengthy criminal background in Sumner County including arrests for
robbery, domestic assault and theft
A man arrested for
allegedly murdering several family members, including his parents, may have
killed a seventh person after stealing her car during a violent rampage on
Saturday.
Michael Cummins, 25, was
taken into custody on Saturday night after the bodies of five people were
discovered in two homes in the town of Westmoreland, northeast of
Nashville on Saturday afternoon.
Local media identified
three of the victims as Cummins' parents, David and Clara, and his uncle
Charlie Hosale.
A 12-year-old child was
also killed, according to
News Channel 5. Cummins was armed at the time of his
arrest and it is understood his victims were shot dead.
Michael Cummins, 25,
(pictured), has been arrested in connection with several murders, including
those of his parents, after going on a violent rampage on Saturday
Local media reported that the
victims include Clara and David Cummins, (pictured), his uncle and a
12-year-old child. The other victims have not yet been named
Officers responded to a
911 call from a family member which led to the original discovery of four
bodies and an injured person at the first home at Charles Brown Road between
Portland and Westmoreland.
A short time later, a
fifth body was found at another house on Luby Brown Road.
Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation confirmed on Sunday that two more bodies were found, which they
say are connected to the homicide investigation.
They believe a female
victim was carjacked on Saturday night and was targeted in a random attack.
They claim she was not related to the other people who were killed.
Forensic scientists
discovered another body at the house on Charles Brown Road, bring the total
death toll to seven.
In a
Twitter update, TBI said on Sunday afternoon: 'Our
Forensic Scientists, processing the scene on Charles Brown Road, have found a
sixth body in the home. This brings the total to seven deaths and one critical
injury. 'Efforts to identify the
victims remain ongoing at this time.'
During the brutal
slaying, it is understood Cummins' grandmother was badly beaten and she is the
sole survivor of the attack.
Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation Special Agents are continuing to discover a possible motive for
the horrific crime.
Cummins allegedly killed his
uncle Charlie Hosale, (pictured), and police are continuing to investigate a possible
motive for the brutal murders
Cummins was arrested on
Saturday night after being shot about a mile away from one of the Sumner County
crime scenes, TBI spokesman Josh DeVine said.
DeVine said he produced
weapons when officers tracked him down, which resulted in him being shot at
least once and taken to hospital.
Authorities have not yet
said what kind of weapon was used and DeVine said Sunday he had no additional
information.
They captured Cummins
after a manhunt lasting several hours after officers identified him as a
suspect at an early stage.
Cummins allegedly killed seven
people including his parents during Saturday's violent rampage. Police said a
woman, who was the victim of a carjacking, was murdered and is not related to
Cummins' other victims
Neighbors told local news
outlets that Cummins, (pictured), was well-known in the area and they expected
something like this to happen.
The TBI used a
helicopter and eventually found him cowering in a muddy creek about a mile from
where one of the shootings occurred. DeVine said at least one
officer fired at Cummins after he emerged from the woods.
He is believed to have
produced multiple weapons and the situation escalated. He was then taken to a
hospital for treatment for what are believed to be injuries that are not life
threatening, DeVine said. Neighbors expressed
their shock and sadness as news of the killings began to filter through the
town.
Law enforcement officials work
at a command center set up at North Sumner Elementary School, in Bethpage
before they apprehended Michael Cummins.
Authorities in rural Tennessee
captured Cummins during a manhunt that was prompted by the discovery of several
bodies in two homes.
Bill Heyes told News
Channel 5: 'I'm not as shocked as I should be, I've been waiting for this guy to
get caught for a while.
'He's done a bunch of
trouble, we kind of all saw it coming, not this, but we saw something
coming.'
Meanwhile a family
member set up a
GoFundMe account to help pay funeral expenses for
David and Clara Cummins and shared pictures of the some of the
victims.
'He may be in the woods in the
area near the scene and may be armed. If you spot him, call 911 immediately,'
the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tweeted. Cummins was caught soon after
None of the officers who
responded to Saturday's shooting were injured. TBI's airplane was able to help
authorities spot Cummins on the ground in a creek bed, DeVine said.
A number of law
enforcement agencies had been searching for Cummins, saying he could be armed
and dangerous.
'The community should
hopefully be able to rest a little bit easier tonight, knowing that (Cummins)
is in custody tonight,' DeVine said.
A tactical SWAT team of a
dozen officers was sent into the woods to capture the suspect.
The five killings appeared to
have occurred late afternoon on Saturday in two locations.
More than a dozen law
enforcement officers from the county’s joint SWAT Team went to the creek and
arrested him.
TBI agents and forensics
are continuing to work to piece together relevant evidence into the six murders
that took place and are interviewing family members and neighbors who knew
Cummins.
WROC-TV reported that he has a lengthy criminal
background in Sumner County with signs of escalating violence.
He was first arrested in
December 2012 for violation of an order of protection and simple possession of
drugs. He was released about a month later on time served.
In August 2013, he was
arrested again for domestic assault and sentenced to 150 days in jail.
Police announced that they had
caught Michael Cummins, 25, by 11 o'clock on Saturday night.
Sumner County Sheriff's
Deputies are investigating after multiple people were killed in a home in
Sumner County, a rural suburb, northeast of Nashville.
A few years later, in
2017, Cummins was arrested in Sumner County three more times. In February 2017, he was
charged with theft under $1,000 and evading arrest. Police records indicate he
posted bond. Later in June, he served
nearly two months in jail for robbery, domestic assault and violation of
probation for the theft charge.
Three months later, in
September 2017, Cummins was arrested and charged with aggravated assault,
aggravated arson (charge reduced to attempted aggravated arson), escape
(reduced to resisting arrest), and violation of probation for domestic assault,
evading arrest and theft. He was sentenced to 180 days on each charge
day-for-day.
According to U.S Mail Online
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