The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville, killing three children and three adults, had drawn a detailed map of the school, including possible entry points, and had extensive surveillance of the building before taking out the massacre.
The police identified the perpetrator of the shooting as Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a transgender woman whom they identify at all times with the pronoun “she”, but, as EFE has been able to verify, the assailant refers to herself on her social networks as “he”. “.
Hale, 28, was armed with two “assault” weapons, as well as a pistol. At least two of them are believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area. Police have reported that a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence have also been found in Hale’s home search.
The young woman, who had no criminal record and was described by authorities as “transgender,” lived with her parents.
The chief of the Nashville metropolitan police, John Drake, has not said exactly what motives led him to open fire on Monday morning at The Covenant School before being shot dead by the police, but he has reported some documents that have been found. a posteriori. “We have some writings that we are reviewing and a drawn map,” he explained to journalists.
In addition, in an interview with NBC News, he has reported that investigators believe the shooter had “some resentment for having to go to that school”, although all the details are not yet known.
The victims have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and the adults Cynthia Peak, 61 years old; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.
On the website of The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001, a certain Katherine Koonce appears as the director of the center. Her LinkedIn profile says she has run the school since July 2016. Peak was a substitute teacher and Hill was a janitor, according to investigators.
Founded as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, The Covenant School is located in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood, just south of downtown Nashville, home to the famed Bluebird Café, a popular hangout with musicians and songwriters.
The school has about 200 students, from kindergarten to sixth grade, and about 50 employees. “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school reads. “We are mourning the tremendous loss and in shock after the terror that destroyed our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the healing process,” they assert.
President Joe Biden, in a speech at the White House on Monday, called the shooting “a family’s worst nightmare” and again implored Congress to pass a ban on certain semi-automatic weapons.
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