![]() Three weapons – an AR-style rifle, an AR-style pistol and a handgun – were found and police believe Hale obtained at least two of the weapons legally, Drake said. The weapons: The shooter was “someone that had multiple rounds of ammunition, prepared for confrontation with law enforcement, prepared to do more harm than was actually done,” the police chief said in a news conference. ![]() When asked for clarification, a spokesperson told CNN Hale used “male pronouns” on a social media profile. Police have referred to Hale as the “female shooter” and at an evening press conference added that Hale was transgender. Hale graduated from Nossi College of Art & Design in Nashville last year, the president of the school confirmed to CNN, and a LinkedIn profile says Hale worked as a freelance graphic designer and a part-time grocery shopper. So far, little is known about the shooter. Hale, who attended the Christian school years ago, left writings that pertain to the shooting and had scouted a second possible attack location in Nashville, “but because of a threat assessment by the suspect – there’s too much security – they decided not to,” police chief said.The writings revealed that the attack at Covenant School “was calculated and planned,” Metro Nashville said. As police work to piece together what led up to the violence, officials said they had determined where the shooter lived in the Nashville area and have interviewed Hale’s father. Hale was shot and killed by police during the Monday attack, and left behind “drawn out” maps of the Covenant School detailing “how this was all going to take place,” Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said. The shooter: The person was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale. ![]() If you are just reading in, here's the latest on the shooting and investigation: Police in Nashville are still digging into the background and motivations of a former student who entered a Christian elementary school armed with AR-style weapons and detailed maps and opened fire, killing three children and three adults. local time.Ī person places flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27. He said that's where police confronted and killed the shooter at 10:27 a.m. They then heard gunshots coming from the second level of the building, according to Aaron. When officers arrived, they went through the first level of the building, he said. An officer did not come to my home until 3:29 p.m.," Patton said.ĭon Aaron, spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department, said during a news conference that the first calls of an active shooting came in at around 10:15 a.m. and was on hold for nearly seven minutes before speaking with someone who said that they would send an officer to my home. "I called Nashville's non-emergency line at 10:14 a.m. to make them aware of the situation and was instructed to call Nashville's non-emergency number. Patton tells WTVF that she she called the Nashville Davidson County Sheriff's Office at 10:13 a.m. "I tried to comfort and encourage her and subsequently reached out to the Suicide Prevention Help Line after being instructed to by my father at 10:08 am," Patton said. But something bad is about to happen," the message stated. "I've left behind more than enough evidence behind. ![]() "One day this will make more sense," Hale wrote. In messages shared with CNN affiliate WTVF, a former middle school basketball teammate of Audrey Hale provides chilling new details regarding an exchange she had on social media with the shooter prior to yesterday's school shooting in Nashville.Īverianna Patton said she saw a message on her phone that Hale had sent to her on Instagram Monday morning that stated Hale was planning to die by suicide and that she would see it on the news. A screenshot of a message published by WTVF appeared to show that the message was sent at 9:57 a.m.
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