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Nashville, Tennessee -- The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released body camera, surveillance camera, 911 calls video and details of their response to today August 03-2021 active shooter call at Smile Direct Club's manufacturing facility on Antioch Pike. The gunman, Antonio King, 22, shot and wounded 3 persons at the facility. Officers engaged with King on Antioch Pike. He refused commands to drop his gun and was fired on as he raised his pistol at police. King was fatally wounded.

Just before 6 a.m., police responded to a active shooter call at Smile Direct Club at 1530 Antioch Pike, just south of Harding Place about 12 miles southeast of downtown.

During a shift change, the gunman, Antonio King with a Glock semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine entered the building and began shooting, Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said.

Police said as officers responded to the call, officers spotted him at the intersection of Antioch Pike and Franklin Limestone Road.

Officers demanded that he drop the gun, but Aaron said he did not and was "directing the gun at officers."

He was shot by Metro police and taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died.

He only began working for the company in June, after previously working there between late 2019 and early 2020, police said.

No motive has been released for the shooting.

police identified the victims as security guard Johnny Hardin, 46, is in critical condition; security guard Carlton Watson, 66, is in stable condition; manager Thomas Abbott, 54, has been treated & released.