Nashville

Police officers stand on a school's campus under blossoming trees. Metro Nashville Police officers are seen at the scene of an active shooter event ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. The reporter said she has not been able to speak with her mother-in-law but said her husband had. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. On WTVF TV, reporter Hannah McDonald said that her mother-in-law works at the front desk at The Covenant School.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The three students shot and killed at a Nashville, Tennessee, school were just nine years old. Metro Nashville Police identified the ...

Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooter was trans. Metro Nashville Police Department’s Don Aaron said a five-member team arrived at the scene minutes later. Drake said they knew Hale's address and investigations there were ongoing. Metro Nashville Police identified the children as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. How are our children still dying and why are we failing them?" The shooting was first reported at 10:13 a.m.

The suspect, who was killed by police, is believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, where the shooting took place. The shooter was ...

They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, “we confess we have not done enough to protect” the children injured or killed in shootings. “We need to remember. The shooter was armed with two “assault-style” weapons as well as a handgun, authorities said. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. At Belmont United Methodist Church, teary sniffling filled the background as vigil attendees sang, knelt in prayer and lit candles. In all of them, the shooters were males. “And right now, it’s real.” “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. “The children … The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified.

The shooter was also killed after police officers responded on Monday morning at the Covenant School, the authorities said.

Founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Covenant School bills itself as “intentionally small” with about 200 students, according to The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. Officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the shooter, but, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, the shooter appeared to identify as male in recent months. “I want a politician to sit in a church with families and 250 kids downstairs that are white as a sheet and trembling and gray and yellow and green and blue because of the shock.” Rachael Anne Elrod, the Metro Nashville School Board chair, said she was inside “the worst waiting room you can imagine” as officials set about reuniting children with their parents. A few women gathered around a livestream of the news conference, gasping and shaking their heads. Hallie Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, according to a biography published online by his former church in Dallas. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place,” he said. Chief Drake said that the assailant was “at one point a student” at the school. The police in Nashville identified the six victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9, and the adults as Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher; Mike Hill, 61, a custodian; and Katherine Koonce, 60. In the clip, two sets of glass doors shatter from bullets before the assailant ducks into the building through the broken glass. In the latest episode of gun violence that has devastated American families and communities, the assailant opened fire just after 10 a.m.

The shooter who attacked the Covenant School in Nashville was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who law enforcement said may have once attended the ...

"While at our school, she was a talented artist and a good student," Vatandoost said of Hale. Animals are my second passion, so I also enjoy spending time with my two cats." A neighbor of the family told ABC News that Audrey Hale lived at the family's home with Hale's parents, who the neighbor described as "very nice" and "very religious."

Three children and three adult staff members are dead after a mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee.

This is the antithesis of freedom. Campbell, in part, blames what she calls a “diseased gun culture” for the shooting deaths. The shooting took place on the second floor, a “lobby-type area,” not inside a classroom. Heidi Campbell, a Nashville Democrat, spent the day at Covenant School reuniting parents with students in the church sanctuary. The school is also located in her district. “It’s a very unfortunate situation,” Drake said of the tragic loss of life. I have also visited the church in the past. Police said they have found a “manifesto,” a map detailing entry points into the school and other materials. All of the victims’ families have been notified, according to police. The school, operated by Covenant Presbyterian Church, is located in one of Nashville’s most affluent neighborhoods. Aaron said the shooter was armed with at least two assault rifles and a handgun. Local and federal law enforcement on Monday afternoon continued a search of the Nashville home Hale shared with parents and also said they have found no prior criminal history.

Audrey Hale, the school shooter who killed six people in Nashville on Monday, appears to be a former student of the Christian campus, police said.

"She was loved and appreciated like all of our students.” “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” ... She was just a typical co-ed. “She targeted random students in the school ... “She was just one of our young ladies. A typical student.”

The big picture: The suspect was shot and killed by police and has been identified as a 28-year-old former student of The Covenant School, where the shooting ...

- In response to a reporter's question, police confirmed Hale identified as transgender but provided no further details on this at the press conference. - Drake said Hale had drawn detailed maps of the school, including of surveillance and entry points. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all gonna take place." "So I call on Congress, again, to pass my [President Biden](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden)who later spoke with Tennessee Gov. - The school said it was grateful to first responders "who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff," and appreciated the support it received as it continued to "prioritize the well-being of our community." - "We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing." - "We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church," the statement added. - Officers seized evidence including a "sawed-off shotgun" and a second shotgun in a search of the suspect's home, police said in a statement late Monday. It serves children in grades preschool through sixth grade. - A "team of five immediately within the school went to where gunshots were being heard and engaged the suspect," Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during a - The MNPD in a statement late Monday called the attack "calculated and planned."

The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was shot and killed by police during the Monday attack, leaving behind “drawn out” maps of the Covenant ...

We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing,” Covenant school said in a statement obtained by CNN affiliate We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. At 10:13 a.m., police got a call of an active shooter inside Covenant school and rushed to the scene. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff,” the statement continued. Video showed the children holding hands and walking in a line out of the school, where there were community members embracing. Police have referred to Hale as the “female shooter” and at an evening press conference added that Hale was transgender. But experience has taught us that we need to be prepared because in this day and time it is the reality of where we are,” Nashville Metropolitan Councilman Russ Pulley told CNN. A search warrant executed at Hale’s home also resulted in the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence, according to police. “I was hoping this day would never ever come here in the city. With six victims, the shooting at Covenant is the deadliest school shooting since the attack in Uvalde, Texas, last May left 21 people dead. Investigators were expected to spend Tuesday processing the scene and gathering more details about what happened during the roughly 14 minutes of terror at the elementary school. The video goes on to show the suspect walking through the hallways, pointing an assault style weapon.

Nashville police say the shooter was a 28-year-old who may have been a former student.

"It is ripping at our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation." You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? In the hours that followed the shooting, parents gathered at a nearby church to be reunited with their children. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "Our entire city stands with you." One officer was injured by broken glass during the operation. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. In a statement, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the city had "joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting". A search of a nearby parked car had led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school. Police have spoken with the attacker's father during a search of a nearby home that is listed as the shooter's address. Six people have been killed in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

A former student wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a handgun killed three students and three adults at a Christian elementary school.

They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, “we confess we have not done enough to protect” the children injured or killed in shootings. More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Police later said in a tweet that the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. Late Monday night, police released approximately two minutes of edited surveillance video showing the shooter’s car driving up to the school from multiple angles, including one in which children can be seen playing on swings in the background. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.” In all of them, the shooters were males. “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Police gave unclear information on the gender of the shooter, who police say was fatally shot by two responding officers at the school. “The children … The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian.

The three children shot and killed were each nine years old, and the three adults killed all worked at the school, police said.

Officers entered the first story of the school building and began to clear it when they heard gunfire on the second level, said Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Officials established a reunification center nearby where students inside the school were transported in the aftermath of the shooting. Authorities believe that two of the weapons may have been obtained legally and locally, according to the police chief. We know and believe that entry was gained by shooting through one of the doors, is how they actually got into the school," Drake said. "We've also determined there were maps drawn of the school in detail of surveillance, entry points, etc. The suspected shooter was fatally shot by police at Covenant School in the city's Green Hills neighborhood, authorities said.

The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation after the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. Helicopter footage from WTVF also showed the officers looking around a wooded area between the campus and a nearby road.

A heavily armed assailant fatally shot six people, including three children, at a private elementary school. The motive for the shooting is under ...

The Covenant School is a private school that was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. The denomination’s report on gender and sexuality, prepared in 2020, refers to “the sinfulness of homosexual and transgender desire as well as conduct.” Chief Drake said the shooter identified as transgender, and officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the attacker. As of Monday evening, the motive was unknown. The assailant was “prepared for a confrontation with law enforcement” and “prepared to do more harm” before being killed, Chief Drake said. The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. [identified the shooter](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/nashville-school-shooting-audrey-hale.html) as Audrey E. A total of 108 people, she added, were transported to the nearby Woodmont Baptist Church, where parents were reunited with their children. Wearing camouflage pants, a black vest and a backward red baseball cap, the shooter walks through rooms and hallways with a weapon drawn. The attack on Monday was the 13th school shooting in the United States this year that resulted in injury or death, according Three students and three adults were fatally shot by a heavily armed attacker on Monday morning at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, according to the city’s Police Department. The authorities were reviewing writings and had made contact with the shooter’s father, Chief Drake said.

Authorities are searching for answers after a shooter killed six people at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.

"We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our church and school," the school said. "We have not been able to determine a motive as of yet," the chief said. "We do have a map of the school, where it was diagramed how she would enter and how she might proceed to take on potential victims." "That moment changes everything for you, because we all can relate to the innocence of it." We need Congress to do their part." "I'm going to keep calling it out, remind people that they’re not acting," he said. 1 killer of children in America," he said. Drake had told reporters on Monday that the suspect was female and identified as transgender but didn't immediately provide more details. Hale allegedly shot through a locked door on the side of the school to gain entry, according to police. After an officer shouted "reloading," the video shows officers Rex Engelbert, a four-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran, firing at the suspect. The victims were found in different locations, Drake said. The adult victims were identified as 61-year-old substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill and 60-year-old Katherine Koonce, who was head of the school.

Police in Nashville have released security video showing the shooter arriving on campus at a private Christian school before killing six people on Monday.

A total of five police officers came upon the shooter, and two opened fire, he said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Police said they first received calls about the shooter at around 10:13 a.m. Koonce was Covenant's head of school, and Hill was a custodian. The shooter can then be seen entering different rooms and walking past a children's ministry door with a second rifle raised. Officers had heard shots coming from the second level and "immediately went to the gunfire," he said.

28-year-old Nashville school shooter was ex-student with detailed plan to kill, police say.

Audrey Hale "was a talented artist and a good student" during her time at the college, the school said in a statement. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. The video is a little over 2 minutes and has no audio. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.” “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake did not say exactly what drove the shooter to open fire Monday morning at The Covenant School before being killed by police.

A heavily armed assailant fatally shot six people, including three children, at a private elementary school. The 28-year-old assailant was shot dead by ...

The Covenant School is a private school that was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. The shooter, who the authorities said was a former student at the school, was shot and killed by the police. The dead included a 72-year-old woman who was asleep in bed; a teenage mother and her infant; and a 19-year-old man. Amanda Rosenberger, who said she was a survivor of a shooting on her college campus, spoke to the crowd. The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. The assailant was killed about 14 minutes after the shooting was first reported, according to a police spokesman. At one point, an officer on the second floor calls out that “we’ve got one down.” A series of gunshots — close to a dozen total — is heard. The authorities said on Tuesday that the 28-year-old perpetrator had legally purchased seven firearms recently — including the three used in the shooting — and was being treated by a doctor for an emotional disorder. After the police received a first report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. Officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the shooter, but, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, the shooter appeared to identify as male in recent months. There were additional writings found in the car driven to the school and the family’s home, and officials are also examining a cellphone found in the car. Hill and Evelyn were all dead, as were two other 9-year-old students and a substitute teacher who had been fatally shot in the attack.

How many people were killed? Nashville police said six people, including three students, were killed. The victims were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine ...

Police Chief John Drake said officers found writings that detailed the plan to attack the school and potentially other locations. Police said the shooter had made a detailed map of the school and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre. Investigators were sent to the shooter’s home shortly after Hale was killed, police said. Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyterian school — around 10:15 a.m. At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area, police said. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale identified.

Body camera footage released Tuesday morning by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows the moment police officers Rex Engelbert and Michael ...

Police have described the shooter as transgender and said they were a former student at the school. ET), and that by 10:27 a.m., “the shooter was deceased,” Aaron told reporters Monday. They were armed with two AR-style weapons and a handgun, according to Drake. Engelbert looks inside an office; as he does, the sound of gunshots is audible. they just said they heard gunshots down there, and then upstairs are a bunch of kids.” The release of the body camera footage follows the local time (11:13 a.m. A broken window is also visible behind them. As the officers enter the building with their guns raised, Engelbert and Collazo’s body camera footage split perspectives: Engelbert’s footage shows him and a group of officers searching for the shooter on the first floor before running upstairs, and Collazo’s footage shows his group initially running up to the second floor — where officers later encountered the shooter — before running back downstairs and following Engelbert’s group. As Engelbert and other officers run down a set of hallways on the second floor, sounds of gunshots get louder. Engelbert then runs towards a door of the school and shouts, “give me three,” appearing to request other officers to accompany him inside. Collazo yells, “move, move,” and he and at least one other officer positioned nearby then move closer to the shooter, with Engelbert following behind.

Authorities released graphic body camera footage showing the fatal confrontation between police and the shooter at the private religious school.

Surveillance footage shows Hale driving to the school in a Honda Fit and then shooting out the glass of a side door in order to enter the building. Graphic body camera footage released Tuesday shows multiple officers sweeping the school, as an alarm blares and gunshots are heard in the distance. At a vigil, Evelyn's sister cried as she said, "I don't want to be an only child." Hale also shot at responding officers through a second-story window, authorities said. Authorities initially identified Hale as a woman, but later clarified that Hale used he/him pronouns. The attacker, who police identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale of the Nashville area, was a former student of the school.

Authorities identified the six victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and 61-year-old Cynthia Peak, ...

Responding officers saw the shooter firing on the second level, and at that point, they "engaged," Aaron said. They determined that the shooter had previously purchased seven firearms, legally, from five local stores, according to Drake. However, police do not believe that the victims were targeted individually. All three adults worked at the school. The shooter was fatally shot by two of the five responding police officers at the scene, he said. Police said the shooter was armed with "at least" two assault-style rifles and a handgun during the attack.

The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed ...

More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Late Monday night, police released approximately two minutes of edited surveillance video showing the shooter’s car driving up to the school from multiple angles, including one in which children can be seen playing on swings in the background. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.” Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. “The children … Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake did not say exactly what drove the shooter to open fire Monday morning at The Covenant School before being killed by police.

The mass shooting killed six people, including three 9-year-old students.

and "Get your hands away from the gun!" Bursts of gunfire erupted from down the hallway after Engelbert and others raced up the stairs and toward Hale. - Police said Hale was firing on responding officers from a second floor window. and "Next!" - "Let's go!" He was immediately met by a woman, who described to him how the school was on lockdown but two students were missing.

Nashville police released video Tuesday from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school, then confronting ...

Next, an interior view shows glass doors to the school being shot out and the shooter ducking through one of the shattered doors. More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window. At a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said Hale was transgender. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. Hale had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre, Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” The new video from Officer Rex Engelbert’s body cam shows a woman greeting police outside as they arrive at The Covenant School on Monday. Officers climb stairs to the second floor and enter a lobby area. The suspect, Audrey Hale, was a former student at the school.

Three children at the Covenant School in the Tennessee capital were shot dead on Monday, the 129th US mass shooting this year.

[wrote](https://www.facebook.com/brittany.hilljackson) on Facebook, at a “job that everyone knows he absolutely loved. Hallie Scruggs, nine, was a student in the third grade and the daughter of Chad Scruggs, the senior pastor of Covenant Presbyterian church, the school’s sponsor. She had a husband and three children. He saw the people there “as his family”, ABC News reported. Katherine Koonce, 60, a native of Louisiana who held a doctorate in education, was the head of school since 2016. She “knew every single student by name,” the parent added.

The Metro Nashville Police Department on Monday released the names of the six victims, including three children, killed in a school shooting earlier that ...

[KALB](https://www.kalb.com/2023/03/28/teacher-killed-tennessee-elementary-school-shooting-was-raised-leesville/)reported. She found ways for them to stay." "She did everything to help them when families couldn't afford things, it didn't matter. mass shootings this month](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/28/us-mass-shootings-march-2023) "We cannot believe this has happened. [AP](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/03/28/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-school-victims/c1e5e32c-cd77-11ed-8907-156f0390d081_story.html) reported. We appreciate all the love and support but ask for space as we grieve." - The suspected shooter was a 28-year-old former student of the school. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65095355). [Tennessean](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/03/27/who-are-the-nashville-school-shooting-victims-covenant-presbyterian/70053940007/) reported. [ABC News](https://abc7.com/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-victims-children-identified/13029585/)reported. [armed with multiple firearms](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/27/covenant-school-nashville-shooting-what-we-know)and was shot and killed by police.

Officer Rex Engelbert was identified as one of two officers who fatally shot a heavily-armed shooter inside The Covenant School in Nashville, minutes after the ...

The three children were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. Officers climb stairs to the second floor and enter a lobby area. “My mom always taught us to be brave and it’s almost not surprising to see that bravery come through," Kevin Engelbert said. Engelbert's body cam showed a woman greeting police outside as they arrive at The Covenant School on Monday. I was hoping this day would never ever come here in this city, but we would never wait to go in and make entry... So my thoughts and prayers again but my praise goes to the men and women as I've said before, we will not wait.

Another American community is reeling after a shooter killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville.

“We love the Scruggs family and mourn with them over their precious daughter Hallie,” the Texas congregation’s Senior Pastor Mark Davis said. “She and Mae Ann had birthdays one day apart and her family lived across the street from us for a period of time. “We would like to thank the Nashville community for all the continued thoughts and prayers. And may we love, especially those who have lost,” Lee said in his video message. “I am so sorry for the loss of those children,” she added. “We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. Her hometown of Leesville, Louisiana, is grieving, Owen said. May we grieve in the days ahead, but not without hope. Cindy and Mae were always together.” We cannot believe this has happened,” the statement said. May we also act with wisdom, discernment, and grace. “There is hope in the midst of great tragedy because God is a redeemer.

The Nashville school shooter warned that “something bad is about to happen” in messages to a former basketball teammate hours before opening fire Monday.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Former headmaster Bill Campbell said he remembered Hale as a third grader in 2005 and a fourth grader in 2006, and believes Hale transferred after that school year. There were also indications that Hale had planned to target other locations, Drake said. The office told her to call a Substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, school head [Katherine Koonce](https://www.thecovenantschool.com/faculty-staff/), 60, and custodian Mike Hill, 61, were also killed, police said. “Even thinking back to that, she would have not been a troubling person,” Buchanan said Tuesday. In their last message, Hale said that something bad was about to happen and asked for forgiveness. [Nashville police release new details into deadly school shooting](https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/nashville-police-release-new-details-into-deadly-school-shooting-166967365961) [Three children and three adults were killed](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-shooting-tennessee-leaves-multiple-injured-shooter-dead-officia-rcna76841) in the shooting. Patton said she was told someone would come out to her home. By the time they showed up hours later, she had already left for a meeting. "I'm trying to still understand ... Hale is transgender, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Monday.

Three children and three adults were killed on Monday when a shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. The 28-year-old shooter, ...

The Nossi College of Art & Design in Nashville [confirmed](https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-03-27-23/index.html) that Hale graduated in 2022. This is the highest number of shootings to occur by this point of the year since 2013. There are only four, dating back to the 1966, in the Violence Project’s database of mass shootings in the U.S. Averianna Patton, telling Patton, “I’m planning to die today,” and that Patton would “probably hear about me on the news after I die.” Drake said the shooter was both “prepared for a confrontation with law enforcement” and “prepared to do more harm.” He added that the shooter had assessed a potential location for a second attack, but “because of a threat assessment by the suspect — there’s too much security — they decided not to.” Officers executing a search warrant at Hale’s home in Nashville found a sawed-off shotgun and a standard shotgun. Investigators later found evidence in a search of the suspect’s home and car indicating the shooting was a “targeted” attack, including detailed maps of the school and a manifesto. “My heart is with all of the families affected and I’m devastated by what has happened.” [confirmed](https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1640392290769289224) that three children who were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds had died. Police Chief Drake told reporters on Monday that the shooter was “at one point a student” at the Covenant School. [released ](https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1640715069158989824)body-camera footage from two of their officers on the scene that day, Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo. Police entered the building, confronting and killing the shooter on the second floor. Police officers quickly responded and the shooter fired at officers through the windows on the second floor.

A friend of Nashville shooter Audrey Hale tells ABC News that she contacted authorities Monday morning after Hale messaged her online about "planning to die ...

Patton said that when she first heard Audrey was the shooter, "I literally was like, 'I cannot believe this. On her efforts to alert authorities, Patton said, "I just wanted to get help -- I didn't really know the severity of it. I only know her as Audrey," Patton told ABC News. When she did, they said they would send someone out to her location to review the screenshots, Patton said. Her father said yes and recommended that she call the suicide prevention line, Patton told ABC News. She said she doesn't know why Hale was struggling, and wasn't aware of any issues regarding Hale's gender identity. I'm not trying to upset you or get attention, I just need to die. "This is my last goodbye," Hale wrote in her message, according to Patton. "I know, but I don't want to live, I'm so sorry. [Audrey Hale](https://abcnews.go.com/US/nashville-shooter-audrey-hale/story?id=98166039) told ABC News that she contacted local authorities on Monday morning after Hale messaged her online about "planning to die today." You will probably hear about me on the news after I die." by Hale, who told her, "I'm planning to die today.

Nashville Fire Chief William Swann spoke with GMA 3 Tuesday about the first responders who sped to Covenant School after six people were shot.

We do a lot of training with the schools and they prepare for these types of incidents. We have to make sure also that on the scene itself, we know we're going to be there for a while. We know that schools are the safest place for kids to be. How do you have a conversation with them about what do you do in this situation? So a lot of logistics have to take place in this part of training. We have to make sure that we set a place up where parents can be reconnected with their children. But it's just a scene in something that we never want to do. And definitely, a heart [fills] up when we think about all the victims that lost their life yesterday and their family members. SWANN: Well, when you think about the nature of what the fire department does, and then that includes our EMS division, this is unfortunately the nature of what we do. We deal with people who are in distress and we deal with people if there's a shooting, stabbing or homicide, whatever it may be, we deal with this every day. And your men and women were some of the first to respond to the scene. Once the threat is neutralized, then our teams go inside alongside P.D., and we try to find individuals that we can pull out and begin lifesaving measures and also transport them to our local ERs…for more advanced medical treatment.

As investigators searched for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, the close-knit community there was struggling with ...

The children were running the bases — “grieving the way kids do,” Ms. “And in the very next breath, you think, ‘Well, I might be dead, too.’ I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to process those conflicting thoughts.” He was “beloved by the faculty and students who filled him with joy for 14 years,” the statement said. Hill, a father of seven and grandfather of 14, liked to cook and spend time with family, his family said in a statement. Scruggs acknowledged that “he’s in shock.” The congregation also had ties to Ms. Koonce’s and a director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville. He described the anguish caused by the shooting — “the emptiness, the lack of understanding, the desperate desire for answers, the desperate need for hope,” he said. “The reality is, this event in Nashville is not merely an event for one school or one church or city,” said Paul Goebel, an associate pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian. The authorities said on Tuesday that the 28-year-old perpetrator had legally purchased seven firearms recently — including the three used in the shooting — and was being treated by a doctor for an emotional disorder. “I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably,” he said. Hill and Evelyn were all dead, as were two other 9-year-old students and a substitute teacher who had been fatally shot in the attack. And there were bright students like 9-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus, “a light for her family,” her pastor said.

The attack unfolded over 14 minutes Monday morning at The Covenant School, with the heavily armed shooter firing into the elementary school to gain access and ...

Also killed were Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher; Katherine Koonce, the 60-year-old head of the school; and Mike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian, police said. Police have referred to Hale as a “female shooter,” and at an evening news conference added Hale was transgender. The first call about the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. Bill Lee said in a video statement Tuesday. Hale graduated from Nossi College of Art & Design in Nashville last year, the president of the school confirmed to CNN. Writings left behind by Hale revealed the attack “was calculated and planned,” police said. It was also the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a year, since the May Monday, saying “I’m planning to die today” and that it would be on the news, the friend Averianna Patton told CNN on Tuesday. Patton said she then called a suicide prevention line and the Nashville Davidson County Sheriff’s Office at around 10:13 a.m. But we always want to get better. Three of those weapons, including an AR-style rifle, were used in the attack Monday. Hale’s childhood friend also revealed the shooter sent her disturbing messages just before the attack.

The assailant had been receiving treatment for an "emotional disorder," Nashville's police chief said.

Authorities found a booklet that detailed the entry point into the school, the weapons used and the clothing that the shooter wore in the attack. Drake said that the shooter may have also had other targets in mind, including a mall and possibly some family members. Hill, a school custodian, was shot through a glass door that the shooter used to enter the school, Drake said. Tennessee doesn't have a "red flag" law that could give police the authority to remove weapons from a person, Drake said. Bill Lee said that his wife, Maria Lee, was longtime friends with two of the victims, Koonce and Peak. [Nashville school shooting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-school/) legally bought seven firearms from five local stores and used three of those weapons in Monday's attack.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in ...

Later in the day, the police chief said Hale was transgender. In an email Tuesday, police spokesperson Kristin Mumford said Hale “was assigned female at birth. In all of them, the shooters were males. We always want to get there in two or three minutes,” he said, adding that traffic was “locked down” at the time. In Nashville, police said about eight minutes passed from the initial call to when officers arrived at the scene. Within two minutes of that, the suspect was down, according to the dispatch records. For hours Monday, police identified the shooter as a woman. [latest school shooting](/article/nashville-mass-school-shooting-database-columbine-uvalde-1c82749f7236752a2e621f402489b357) to roil the nation and was planned carefully. Surveillance video shows a time stamp of just before 10:11 a.m., when the attacker shot out the doors. The White House said President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday with Drake, Engelbert and Callazo to thank them for their bravery. Police spokesperson Brooke Reese said Hale bought the guns between October 2020 and June 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland said federal officials were working with local police to identify a motive.

Authorities believe the six victims were targeted randomly, and the motive remains a mystery. Here's how the tragic day unfolded.

Investigators believe Hale got at least two of the weapons legally, Nashville’s police chief said. Officer Michael Collazo then moved toward the shooter while it appeared a gun was still in the assailant’s hand. Patton said she didn’t know why she received the message. Disturbed by the message, Patton contacted her father for advice. The police chief also addressed the roughly 11-minute gap between when police received the first call of an active shooter and when officers arrived at the school. Authorities believe the six victims were targeted randomly. Hale left writings related to the shooting and had scouted another possible attack location in Nashville – “but because of a threat assessment by the suspect – there’s too much security – decided not to,” Drake said. A search warrant executed at Hale’s home led to the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence, police said. Collazo appeared to shoot the attacker on the ground four times with a handgun, yelling “Stop moving!” The officers finally approached the assailant, moved a gun away and then radioed “Suspect down! The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department receives a call about an active shooter inside the school. “I’ve left more than enough evidence behind. “I didn’t know the adult Audrey.”