Nashville shooting

Nashville police said an "active shooter event" had occurred at the Covenant School and that the shooter was dead. A hospital said three children and two ...

As a parent, I both ache for them and rage with them that fear of this kind of tragedy is just accepted as just part of what it means to raise kids these days." I have also visited the church in the past. On a regular day there would be about 209 students and 42 staff members at the school, Aaron said. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the parents of the children who were killed have been notified. Aaron said he was not aware of any other gunshot victims from the shooting. [The shooting](https://wpln.org/post/law-enforcement-investigating-suspected-shooting-at-green-hills-school/) occurred at Covenant School, a private religious school in Nashville.

A 28-year-old woman has shot dead three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, before police killed her.

Last year saw 303 such incidents, the highest of any year in the database, which goes back to 1970. The school serves preschool through 6th graders and held an active shooter training programme in 2022, WTVF-TV reported. Three adult staff members were killed by the shooter, police said. Deadly mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, but a female attacker is highly unusual. Officers could hear gunfire coming from the school's second floor, Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, told reporters. Whether the suspect identified as a man or woman was not made clear.

They, as well as three adults, were killed when a woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol opened fire at The Covenant School in Nashville.

They were killed when a woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol opened fire Monday (local time) at The Covenant School in Nashville. Aaron said there were no police officers present or assigned to the school at the time of the shooting because it is a church-run school. The website of The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001, lists Koonce as the head of the school.

A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on ...

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. He was sentenced in February 2022 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In September 2017, a masked gunman opened fire at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. Shamendar Talwar, a social psychologist from the United Kingdom who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. The reporter said she has not been able to speak with her mother-in-law but said her husband had. On WTVF TV, reporter Hannah McDonald said that her mother-in-law works at the front desk at The Covenant School. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. He said he was one of several chaplains, psychologists, life coaches and clergy inside supporting the families. “In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting,” Mayor John Cooper wrote on Twitter. Two officers from a five-member team opened fire in response, fatally shooting the suspect at 10:27am, Aaron said. The suspect’s identity as a woman surprised experts on mass shootings.

A 28-year-old woman armed with several guns on Monday fatally shot three children and three adult staffers at a private Christian school she once attended ...

A female shooter who appeared to be a teenager fatally shot three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, before she was shot ...

“In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. I saw a policeman run to the scene and then after a few minutes kids were already crossing,” Reodica said. She later spoke to her mother on the phone and learned she was safe. Jozen Reodica, who works at Shearwater Health across the street from the school, took video of police escorting students out of the school on Monday. “They (police) started to close down the roads. A vehicle was located nearby and gave clues as to the suspect’s identity, he added. On a typical day it has 209 students and 40 to 50 staff members, Aaron said. The shooter, who was not identified, entered the Covenant School via a side door and was armed with at least two assault-style rifles and a handgun, said Metro Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron. Last week, two faculty members were shot and wounded by a student at a The first call on the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. Police are working to analyze video from the school showing the incident, he added.

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 28-year-old woman armed with several guns on Monday fatally shot three children and three adult staffers at a private Christian school she once attended ...

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 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.

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."

Three children and three adults have been killed in by an ex-student at a school in Nashville.

"It is ripping 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? The mother of one pupil said her son had been left traumatised. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. A search of their home led to officers seizing more firearms. In a search of the shooter's home, more weapons were recovered, in addition to the ones used in the attack, including a sawed-off shotgun and a second shotgun. A search of a nearby parked car led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school, said police. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators there found a manifesto and "a map of how all of this was going to play out", including entry and exit points at the school building. The suspect drove to the school and got in by firing through one of the school doors, which were all locked. Three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators believe the shooter, a former student, had "some resentment" towards the school.

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 children… "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place." Bill Lee and Nashville Mayor John Cooper about the shooting, officials said. He also spoke to Tennessee Gov.

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.

The shooter, who police said was a former student armed with multiple firearms, was killed during a confrontation with police. "I was hoping this day would ...

- "We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. Two officers who followed the sound of the gunfire encountered and fatally shot the shooter. He and his family posed for a Christmas card picture in 2021 holding guns. Freeman says he lives around the corner and has friends who attend the church and its school. Andy Ogles was elected last year to represent much of Nashville in Congress. "I'm praying for my neighborhood, my city and my state. The other adult victims were identified as a custodian and a substitute teacher. The beautiful spring day twisted into a nightmare at 10:13am, when police were notified of an active shooter. It is time to pull together and provide all the love and support that we can to those affected by this terrible catastrophe. What they're saying: "In this dark hour let us support each other. Investigators discovered a "manifesto," Drake said. Officers responded and began evacuating part of the school.

The three children, all aged nine, have been named as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. The three employees killed were Cynthia Peak, 61, ...

Her sister, who is two years older, cried during the service according to the "She did so much for those kids," said the mother, who has two children enrolled at Covenant. "She did everything to help them when families couldn't afford things, it didn't matter. Cynthia Peak was a substitute teacher working at the school on the day of the attack, police said. She found ways for them to stay." Katherine Koonce was the head of school at Covenant, and one parent told BBC News she was a "saint".

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.

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.

Audrey Hale, 28, said 'something bad is about to happen' as police accused of lack of urgency after being alerted by suspect's friend.

“We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. [Tennessee](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/tennessee) and our governor had the gall to sign that bill at a Beretta manufacturing plant. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff, and beginning the process of healing.” We have maps that showed the entry point into the school, the weapons that was going to be used, the clothing that she was going to wear, and she had drawn it up almost like a cartoon character. Her family attended a memorial for the victims on Monday night at Woodmont Christian church. The officers, Drake said, “heard gunfire, immediately ran to that, and took care of this horrible situation”. “Overwhelmingly, a majority of gun owners agree we have to do something. The officers who killed Hale on the second floor were named as Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo. “My heart is with all of the families affected and I’m devastated by what has happened.” The archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot or wounded, not counting any attackers. You’re not allowed to own a machine gun. “Law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving but her parents felt she should not own weapons.

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

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 labelled “church office”, then coming back out. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-storey window. Police received the initial call about an active shooter at 10.13am. 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. At a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said Hale was transgender. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawn-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence. Hale had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre, authorities said. 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.

America's latest mass shooting was put to a stop by police officers minutes after they arrived at Nashville's Covenant School. The shooting - which left ...

On US media outlets, police experts have noted that the response in Nashville stands in stark contrast to police actions during the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. There, police say they recovered more weapons, as well as diagrams and other evidence that makes investigators believe the assault was well-planned. Soon after, the woman, who appears to be in communication with staff members inside, notes that "a bunch of kids" are upstairs. The officers then begin jogging down a hall, past a victim on the floor. The two officers have been identified as Rex Engelbert, a four-year veteran of the force, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran. CCTV footage from inside the school depicts what happens next: glass doors shatter in a flurry of gunshots, allowing the heavily armed suspect to enter.

Three adults and three 9-year-olds were killed in America's latest gun massacre.

When Caudill launched her nonprofit advocating for special education resources and other support, she said Koonce was one of the first to donate financially to it. She was ever present in my sister’s life and she’s been very attentive to my family since my sister passed away.” Koonce was one of six people killed in the shooting in Tennessee, including three 9-year-old children identified by police as Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney. “We love the Scruggs family and mourn with them over their precious daughter Hallie," Park Cities Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor Mark Davis said in a statement. “She got here very, very quickly to grieve my sister with the rest of us. “If there was any trouble in that school, she would run to it, not from it,” Jackie Bailey said of her friend Katherine Koonce, head of The Covenant School.

The shooter, who was fatally shot by police, was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale from Nashville, authorities said. Authorities released body camera ...

However, police learned that the shooter "had been hiding several weapons within the house," Drake added. "We strongly believe there was going to be some other targets, including maybe family members, and one of the malls here in Nashville," Drake said. Responding officers saw the shooter firing on the second level, and at that point, they "engaged" her, Aaron said. "We have no evidence that individuals were specifically targeted," added Don Aaron, a spokesperson for the MNPD. Among the items found were "several different writings about other locations," in addition to the school, Drake said. Our team and the FBI have been working on this."

Footage shows the last moments of Audrey Hale's deadly rampage.

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 labelled “church office”, then coming back out. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-storey window. Police received the initial call about an active shooter at 10.13am. 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. At a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said Hale was transgender. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawn-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence. Hale had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre, authorities said. 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.

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.

Security video from inside Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, captured the shooter who killed six people, including three children, blasting through a ...

Police body camera footage released Tuesday, showed the first officer arriving at the school and being met outside by a school staff member who informed the officer, "The kids are all locked down, but we have two kids that we don't know where they are." And the mitigation comes back to the training from people knowing what to do." "From what I've been told, both of those things occurred based on where students and teachers were in relation to the threat." Other video clips released by authorities captured the suspect firing several times at the glass doors on the side of the building. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was fatally shot by police officers on the second floor of the building, next to a broken window where the suspect allegedly fired at the patrol cars as they arrived at the scene. In the wake of recent school shootings, access to campuses and the role

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.”

As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment ...

"Nashville is a wonderful place to be and I feel like that bubble has burst now," said resident Laura Morris, who attended the service. She looked out at the faces of all ages. "It's no longer happening across the country. And at a church down the road, others gathered for a religious service of prayer. Locals kept arriving throughout the day to leave flowers, notes and cuddly toys for the youngest of the victims at a makeshift memorial outside the privately run Christian school. As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment has fallen into a grief-stricken hush.

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.