We’re investigating all the leads and, once we know exactly, we’ll let you know.’’ Police initially identified the shooter as a female, but later said Hale was assigned female at birth and identified as a transgender man.ĭrake said officers found written material along with a map describing how the assault would unfold, as well as a plan to shoot up a different Nashville school that Hale scrapped because of “too much security.’’Īsked if there was a correlation between the shooter’s gender identity and the attack, Drake said: “There is some theory to that. “I was hoping this day would never, ever come here in the city,’’ Drake said, “but we would never wait to make entry and go in and stop a threat, especially when it deals with our children.’’ The officers found the assailant on the second floor of the building housing the school and a Presbyterian church and neutralized the threat by 10:27 a.m., police said. When they arrived, the shooter fired on arriving police vehicles from a 2nd story window, the Nashville police tweeted, showing pictures of bullet-pierced windows on police cruisers. Police said five officers promptly responded to a 911 call that arrived at 10:13 a.m. The video then shows Hale walking in hallways and aiming an assault rifle before the video cuts off.Īccording to a tweet from Nashville police, the shooter had "significant ammunition."Drake said two of the weapons were legally purchased in the Nashville area but did not specify which ones. In surveillance footage released by Nashville police late Monday, Hale is seen driving to the school to carry out the shooting.Īrmed with two AR-style weapons – one a rifle, the other a pistol – along with a handgun, Hale is seen shooting into glass doors to enter the building. The intruder gunned down three young students and three staff members before being confronted and killed by police, Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake said. The attacker, identified as Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, was a former student at The Covenant School who broke in Monday morning by shooting the glass from a door. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The shooter who killed six people, including three children, at a Nashville elementary school Monday had detailed maps of the facility, considered another target and left behind writings that may shed light on a motive, authorities said. Editor's note: For the latest news on the Nashville school shooting, follow our coverage from Tuesday, March 28 here.Ĭlarification: This article was updated. Police initially misgendered the shooter, who they later said identified as a transgender man.
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