Nashville school shooting leave multiple victims, suspect dead

[Satanica]

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The shooting happened at The Covenant School, where the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a tweet that the suspect was dead but did not specify exactly what led to the death. It did not specify whether the suspect was male or female.

The Nashville Fire Department said on Twitter that it responded to the scene and there are "multiple patients." It did not say if any victims were killed or how many may have been wounded.

"An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead," police said on Twitter.

The Covenant School, founded in 2001, is a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville with about 200 students, according to the school's website. The school serves preschool through 6th graders and held an active shooter training program in 2022, WTVF-TV reported.
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Nashville school shooting: six shot dead by former student

A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee's capital city before police killed the assailant.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Three children and two adults were shot and killed at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

The Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed the shooter was killed by officers.

3 children, 2 adults at Christian elementary school in Nashville shot and killed

An active shooter at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee was killed Monday morning, according to authorities.

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[Satanica]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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 Monday in what marks the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

The suspect also died after being shot by police following the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens.

Authorities were working to identify her and whether she had a connection to the school.
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UPDATE: Police say Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, conducted surveillance

The suspect in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday is dead, officials said.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Not that is has never happened but a female shooter in cases like this are very rare

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale is the fifth non-male mass shooter in US history

According to The Violence Project database, women make up just 2% of mass shooters across the country.

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At age 16, Brenda Spencer opened fire at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego in January 1979

The shooting left eight children injured and two adults — the principal and school custodian — dead.

Asked why she carried out the massacre, Spencer — who remains in a California prison — notoriously told a reporter: “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day.”

In 2018, Nasim Aghdam wounded three others before turning the gun on herself.

In 2015, Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed Farook wreaked havoc at a social services facility in San Bernardino, California when they opened fire, killing 14 and wounding another 17.

A subsequent shootout with cops left both suspects dead.

Years earlier in 2006, Jennifer San Marco gunned down six postal workers at a sorting center in Goleta, California where she’d once worked. Earlier that day, San Marco had also shot dead a former neighbor.

Latina Williams, 23, Louisiana Technical College shooting: At around 8:30 a.m. 23-year-old Latina Williams entered her nursing class of about 20 students on the second-floor of a building on the campus of Louisiana Technical College, in Baton Rouge. She briefly entered the class, spoke with the professor, and then left. She then soon returned through a different door, and opened fire after entering, shooting six rounds, then reloading and committing suicide by shooting herself in the head. Two students were killed in the shooting. The shooting was random and not targeted, with no definitive reason having been found. William's family had noticed no strange behaviour in their last interactions with her, although police investigation found evidence she was exhibiting signs of paranoia and losing touch with reality. In the time before the shooting, Williams had also been living out of her car, had given away or sold all of her possessions, and had called a suicide hotline earlier that morning and had said her intention of committing suicide.

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[Sugar Cookie]

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, law enforcement sources told NBC.

Nashville school shooter ID’d as transgender former student Audrey Hale

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, law enforcement sources told NBC.

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The news confirmed she is a transgender.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Nashville police have identified the six victims of the Covenant School shooting, which includes the private Christian academy’s headmistress.

Officials identified the three slain students as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9.

The three faculty members killed were Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill, both 61, and school head Katherine Koonce, 60.

Heartbreaking image of pastor’s daughter, 9, shot dead at Nashville school with five others revealed as cops ID victims

Nashville police have identified the six victims of the Covenant School shooting, which includes the private Christian academy’s headmistress.

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Katherine Koonce

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

It says here she was a former student, and 2 of the guns were obtained legally. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna76876

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, law enforcement confirmed to The Post.

The transgender shooter had opened fire inside the private Christian elementary school, killing three children and three adults. Police received an active shooter call at 10:13 a.m.

Officers heard gunshots on the second floor and rushed to a lobby-type area where they came across the 28-year-old Nashville resident, who had two assault rifles and a handgun.

Police said Hale once attended the school. A Linkedin profile listed Audrey Hale as an Illustrator and graphic designer, with pronouns listed as he/him.

Hale, who had also started to go by the name Aiden, was shot dead by police on site at 10:27 a.m.

Nashville school shooter ID’d as transgender former student Audrey Hale

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, law enforcement sources told NBC.

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Police said Hale was equipped with at least two assault rifles and a handgun, and in searching her family home in Nashville, officers found detailed maps and a manifesto of the attack.

“We have a manifesto, we have some writings that we’re going over that pertain to this day,” Nashville police chief John Drake said about the discovery.

He added that Hale was “prepared to do more harm than was actually done.”

Drake said police are looking into whether Hale’s identity as a trans person played a role in the deadly shooting, with investigators coming up with theories based on their findings.

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale identified as transgender and had detailed manifesto to attack Christian academy

Nashville police revealed that the 28-year-old who shot and killed six people at the Covenant School had a detailed manifesto.

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[Metalfan]

Manifesto? This shit is getting tiring! This is to EVERY mass shooter,pull up your adult pants and quit your sissy whining no one gives a flying shit! Life is tough cupcake,get over it and move on Pussy!

 

[Sejanus]

Looks like transgender bending isn't the panacea some want it to be.
How expected.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s chilling final messages to pal revealed: ‘I’m planning to die’

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale sent her friend, Averianna Patton, a chilling “suicide note” on Instagram minutes before shooting at The Covenant School, writing: “I’m planning to die today.”…

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[Alxprkrkrls]

Looks like transgender bending isn't the panacea some want it to be.
How expected.

Actually seems pretty on brand for a white male, which is what she was working on becoming.
(Yesssss I know anyone can be a school shooter I’m just sayinggggg it’s usually pissy white boys)

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Evelyn Dieckhaus and Hallie Scruggs

 

[Avarice]

Nailed it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Josh P]

Nashville school shooter ID’d as transgender former student Audrey Hale

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, law enforcement sources told NBC.

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The news confirmed she is a transgender.

Looking at that picture, I can see why she was upset. I thought male to female, not the other way around.

 

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A schoolgirl who was shot and killed while trying to pull the fire alarm to stop a transgender shooter from opening fire on her classmates has been pictured for the first time.

Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, was one of the victims shot by Audrey Hale, 28, after she opened fire at the private Christian school on Monday.

Her family has described her as a 'shining light' and said that they are 'completely broken' by her death.

A GoFundMe set up by a family friend of the Kinney's said: Will had an unflappable spirit. He was unfailingly kind, gentle when the situation called for it, quick to laugh, and always inclusive of others.

'He loved his sisters, adored his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and was always excited to host friends of every age.

'Sweet Will knew no strangers, and our hearts our broken for his family as they try to find their way forward.'

Tributes have flooded in for a second victim, Will Kinney, who was shot and killed along with Hallie Scruggs, both 9, in the massacre.

His family called him 'unfailingly kind' and 'always inclusive of others' as well as praising him for loving his two younger sisters.

A GoFundMe set up by a family friend of the Kinney's said: Will had an unflappable spirit. He was unfailingly kind, gentle when the situation called for it, quick to laugh, and always inclusive of others.

'He loved his sisters, adored his parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and was always excited to host friends of every age.

'Sweet Will knew no strangers, and our hearts our broken for his family as they try to find their way forward.'

Hero schoolgirl died trying to pull fire alarm to stop Audrey Hale

Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, (left) was one of the victims shot by Audrey Hale, 28, after she opened fire at the private Christian school on Monday.

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[Sugar Cookie]

EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Katherine Koonce, the head of school at the Covenant School who was shot and killed on Monday, went to great lengths to prepare her students and staff for active-shooter situations and immediately took action when a former student opened fire.

Nashville City Councilman Russ Pulley said that Koonce was in the middle of a virtual meeting when the shooting started around 10:13 a.m.

"It is my understanding from a witness at the school that Katherine Koonce was on a Zoom call when she heard the first shot. She immediately ended the call, got up and headed straight for the shooter," Pulley, a former FBI special agent, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday, noting that he did not have details about the confrontation that ensued after that.

"She did what principals and headmasters do; she protected her children," Pulley said. "In addition, she prepared the school by seeking advanced-level active-shooter training, and from witnesses at the scene, this protocol – details of which I cannot provide – saved countless lives."

Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a press conference on Tuesday that he couldn't confirm exactly what Koonce did but that she was found in a hallway by herself.

"There was a confrontation, I’m sure – you can tell the way she was lying in the hallway," Drake said.

John Bourgeois, the pastor at West End Community Church where Koonce was a member, notified the congregation of her death in a message on Monday.

"She gave her life in defense of the children under her care," Bourgeois wrote to church members.

Nashville Covenant School head of school hailed as hero in wake of shooting: 'She protected her children'

Local leaders and law enforcement experts are praising school administrators and teachers for their response to Monday's shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

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[Turd Fergusen]

Evelyn Dieckhaus was such a giant hero!!!!

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto to be released after FBI review​

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s pre-killing spree manifesto is set to be released to the public after the FBI and its’ highly skilled team of criminal profilers analyze its contents, a Nashville Council Member revealed to The Post.

The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit is working “in tandem with” the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to complete “a very in-depth analysis of certain aspects of the shooter’s life,” Robert Swope said Wednesday.

“The manifesto is going to be released. It’s just a matter of when. There are some incredibly brilliant psychological minds and psychological analysts combing through her entire life,” added Swope, who is a member of the City Council’s Public Safety, Beer and Regulated Beverages Committee.

Transgender Hale, 28, left behind the manifesto as well as detailed maps of the school she methodically planned to attack, leaving three schoolchildren and three staff dead.

Exclusive | Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto to be released after FBI review: official

‘The manifesto is going to be released. It’s just a matter of when.’

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[Sugar Cookie]

One of the six victims killed by Nashville shooter Audrey Hale was the daughter of a pastor who was “providing counseling for her,” according to a recent report.

“Something didn’t sit right with her,” Jim Bachmann — the former pastor at The Covenant School which Hale stormed on Monday, killing six — told Inside Edition.

Bachmann described how Covenant Pastor Chad Scruggs, whose 9-year-old daughter, Hallie, was among those killed had been Hale’s private counsellor.

Transgender Hale arrived at The Covenant School around 9:54 a.m., blasted her way in through locked glass doors and carried out a 14-minute killing spree that left three school children and three school staffers dead, before she was shot by police.

Bachmann told Inside Edition Hale appeared to be searching for Scruggs in surveillance footage police have since released.

The video shows a heavily-armed Hale looking around as she stalked through empty hallways.

“If she had found Chad, if she had tried to kill him, maybe she would have left the daughter alone,” Bachmann speculated.

The reason why Scruggs was counseling Hale and how long he had been coaching her have not been revealed.

Prior to the attack, Hale sent several messages to a former classmate, telling the woman: “I’m planning to die today … You’ll probably hear about me on the news.”

Pastor walks back claim Audrey Hale was undergoing counseling with man whose daughter she killed

A former pastor at the school where Nashville shooter Audrey Hale killed six people on Monday claimed she was being couselled by Chad Scruggs, only to later say he had been mistaken.

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[Turd Fergusen]

However these claims have been denied by the Covenant School, with a spokesperson telling DailyMail.com: 'Metro Nashville Police have been clear that no one was targeted in the shooting, and Pastor Scruggs was not counseling the shooter.

'The former pastor had said on a television program he had heard that, but it is not accurate and is based on hearsay, not fact.'

Nashville shooter did NOT have sessions with school's head pastor

Ex-pastor at the school Jim Bachmann has now walked back his claim that shooter Audrey Hale was receiving private sessions from the current pastor of the school - Chad Scruggs.

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[Kelli]

Not that is has never happened but a female shooter in cases like this are very rare

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale is the fifth non-male mass shooter in US history

According to The Violence Project database, women make up just 2% of mass shooters across the country.

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List of attacks related to post-secondary schools - Wikipedia

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Except it’s a woman pretending to be a man… mentally ill & hopped up on testosterone.
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I… me… can personally say… I got steroid shots in my scalp when I started losing my hair. They made me freaky crazy bitchy angry.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

"Journalism"

CBS execs bar the word ‘transgender’ from reports on Nashville shooter: ‘This is not journalism’​

Top executives at CBS News have banned staffers from using the word “transgender” when reporting on Nashville shooter — despite the fact police have said Audrey Hale was transgender and cited it as a key point in the case, The Post has learned.

“The shooter’s gender identity has not been confirmed by CBS News,” the network’s executives insisted in a Tuesday memo obtained by The Post. “As such, we should avoid any mention of it as it has no known relevance to the crime. Should that change, we can and will revisit.”

The CBS News directive was delivered on a Tuesday morning editorial call by Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, the executive vice president of newsgathering; and Claudia Milne, the senior vice president of standards and practices, according to sources close to the Tiffany Network.

“Right now we advise saying: POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS A 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE, WHO THEY SHOT AND KILLED AT THE SCENE,” the Tuesday memo said. “And move on to focus on other important points of the investigation, community and solutions.

Exclusive | CBS execs bar the word ‘transgender’ from reports on Nashville shooter: ‘This is not journalism’

The CBS News directive was delivered on a Tuesday morning editorial call by Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, the executive vice president of newsgathering; and Claudia Milne, the senior vice president of s…

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[Turd Fergusen]

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale was ‘stalkerish’ with ex-teammates​

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale was “obsessive” and “stalkerish” toward her former middle school basketball teammates — two of whom also have died in the past eight months.

The 28-year-old, who police said was transgender and recently began using he/him pronouns, apparently cherished her time shooting hoops at Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School, The Tennessean reported.

Hale, who was a shy girl at the time, appreciated the kindness extended to her by the more athletic teammates, who tried to make her feel welcome.

She was devastated when former teammate Sydney Sims — with whom friends told The Post Hale was “infatuated” — was killed in a traffic accident last year.

Although she never felt compelled to contact authorities about Hale, she said the woman made people uncomfortable.

In February 2022, Hale showed up uninvited to a birthday party at an eatery in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, attended by several of her former teammates.

Phillips said Hale appeared to be drunk, stumbling and slurring words, but others at the party said she hadn’t had anything to drink and believed she was pretending to be intoxicated.

Phillips asked Hale for her phone so she could call her family to get her home safely — but she refused.

“Everybody was confused. It was just rubbing us in a weird way of like, giving us a really negative feeling. It didn’t feel right,” she told the paper.

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale was ‘stalkerish’ with ex-teammates

“I’m trying to be as respectful and also as honest as possible. It felt obsessive. It felt like stalkerish behavior,” Phillips told The Tennessean.

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[knockout]

"Journalism"

CBS execs bar the word ‘transgender’ from reports on Nashville shooter: ‘This is not journalism’​

Exclusive | CBS execs bar the word ‘transgender’ from reports on Nashville shooter: ‘This is not journalism’

The CBS News directive was delivered on a Tuesday morning editorial call by Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, the executive vice president of newsgathering; and Claudia Milne, the senior vice president of s…

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We all know the news is agenda and misinformation driven, what a joke it has become
And publishers and fake news media employees wonder why people rate them just below used car salesmen

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Police find suicide note, shotgun and ammunition during new search of Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s home​

Investigators recovered a suicide note and further evidence during a search of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s home, according to a court document.

Metro Nashville police officers scouring the 28-year-old transgender shooter’s home on the day of the killings discovered the note, ammunition and a shotgun among 47 items, according to an inventory of the seized property.

Also recovered from the property — which Hale shared with her parents — were more journals, cellphones and laptops, according to the document, which was obtained by The Post.

The revelation comes one day after police revealed that Hale had “considered the actions of other mass murderers” and had left behind a trove of writings.

“In the collective writings by Hale found in her vehicle in the school parking lot, and others later found in the bedroom of her home, she documented, in journals, her planning over a period of months to commit mass murder at the Covenant School,” the Metro Nashville Police Department said Monday.

Police found suicide note, shotgun and ammunition during search of Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s home

Investigators recovered a suicide note and further evidence in a new search of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale’s home, according to a report.

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[Turd Fergusen]

Audrey Hale manifesto a ‘blueprint on total destruction’ say pols, who claim FBI is stalling its release​

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto is a “blueprint on total destruction” which the FBI are stalling releasing, according to local politicians, who describe its contents as “astronomically dangerous”.

Almost a month after Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, killed six at the city’s Covenant elementary school before being shot by police authorities have yet to release a motive or any of the writings seized from her home, despite growing pressure.

Rep. Tim Burchett, (R-Tenn.) told The Post he knew the FBI was behind the delay, saying the news was “disappointing” and calling for documents to be released to grieving loved ones as well as members of Congress.

The manifesto “could maybe tell us a little bit about what’s going on inside of her head,” he added. “I think that would answer a lot of questions.”

Twenty journals, five laptops, a suicide note and various other notes written by Hale were seized from the house she shared with her parents as well as two memoirs, five Covenant School yearbooks and seven cellphones, according to a search warrant.

Exclusive | Audrey Hale manifesto a ‘blueprint on total destruction’ say pols, who claim FBI is stalling its release

Almost a month after Audrey Hale killed six at Covenant elementary school authorities have yet to release a motive or any of the writings seized from her home.

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[Turd Fergusen]

Still trying to sweep his under the rug...

Authorities face mounting pressure to release Nashville school shooter's manifesto: 'Very perplexing'​

Authorities are facing mounting pressure to unveil the Nashville school shooter's manifesto to shed light on the motive behind the brutal massacre that left six people, including three children, dead last month.

The FBI has been accused of stalling its release after officials reportedly found 20 journals, five laptops and a suicide note among other things at the shooter's home. The suspect, Audrey Hale, identified as trans and was a former student at The Covenant School before she carried out the deadly shooting last month.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., called it "perplexing" that officials have yet to release a motive or any of her writings nearly one month after the tragedy.

"It's been very perplexing to all of us involved," Hagerty said. "It seems that certain information is flooded into the marketplace immediately if it fits the narrative, so to speak. If the information does not fit the narrative, it seems to get suppressed."

"I don't know what's in the manifesto. I want to be sensitive to our law enforcement officers that are going through this, but it's certainly taking a long time to figure out whether and what information should be released," he continued. "I think people do deserve to know what took place, what was in the mind of this sick person that committed these heinous murders."

Rep. Tim Burchett, (R-Tenn.) expressed his disappointment to the New York Post, arguing the manifesto's release could "answer a lot of questions," and should be released the lawmakers and families affected by the shooting.

Metro Nashville Council Member Courtney Johnston also told the Post the manifesto, which officials have already claimed would not be released entirely, is a "blueprint on total destruction."

"That document in the wrong person’s hands would be astronomically dangerous," she said.

Authorities face mounting pressure to release Nashville school shooter's manifesto: 'Very perplexing'

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., called it 'perplexing' that police have yet to release a motive or any writings belonging to the Nashville Christian school shooter

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[Turd Fergusen]

Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto to be released after cops review for public​

The manifesto from Covenant school shooter Audrey Hale will be released after authorities prepare it for public consumption, Nashville police said Thursday.

Hale’s writings have been the subject of much speculation in the aftermath of the twisted mass shooting inside The Covenant School where three young students and three staffers were fatally shot.

A trove of writings was seized from Hale’s home, though it’s unclear what will exactly be shown to the public.

“The investigation has advanced to the point that writings from the Covenant shooter are now being reviewed for public release and that process is underway and will take a little time,” a Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson told The Post.

Police on Thursday could not give a firm date when the writings would be released and would not confirm if everything would be shown to the public.

Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto to be released after cops review for public

Police on Thursday could not give a firm date when the writings would be divulged and could not confirm if everything would be shown to the public.

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[Turd Fergusen]

Nashville officials say they will release shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto, then quickly back down​

The release of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto has been delayed yet again, as Metro Nashville Police Department officials claim their attorneys told them to hold off amid a pair of lawsuits.

The decision came just days after the MNPD and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said the materials would soon see the light of day.

Police cited their attorney’s advice and blamed recent litigation for the change, bemusing the lawyer behind one of the two lawsuits filed demanding the information be released.

“It is an interesting turn of events,” lawyer John Harris told The Post. “If there was some plan to release some information … why isn’t that information being released?”

Harris is representing former Tennessee-area Sheriff James Hammond and the Tennessee Firearms Association Inc. in the lawsuit.

Nashville officials say they will release shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto, then quickly back down

Metro Nashville Police Department quickly reversed course, claiming attorneys advised them to hold the release of the Covenant School shooter’s manifesto.

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