US EditionPolice find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers
- Audrey Hale sought notoriety for her actions, wanting books, documentaries, and movies made about her life and attack, according to Nashville police.
- The investigation found Hale had planned the attack for years, hiding her mental health issues from medical providers to avoid being stopped, according to police authorities.
- The attack resulted in six deaths, including three children and three staff members, at The Covenant School, where Hale had personal connections.
- Nashville police reported that Hale felt abandoned and ignored, which fueled her anger and desire for recognition following her tragic actions.
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Nashville Covenant School shooter was motivated by fame not grudge, report finds
The Nashville mass shooter who killed three students and three teachers at an elementary school two years ago was motivated by a desire to become famous, cops wrote in a final report released Wednesday. Audrey Hale, 28, attended the Covenant School as a child, but loved his time there and “bore no grudge against the school or staff,” Nashville police said in the report. “Hale considered these years the happiest” of his childhood, according to po…
Covenant School trans shooter plotted Nashville attack for years, kept notebooks with plans: final report
Audrey Hale kept multiple journals about a motive in a targeted March 2023 shooting at a Christian school that left three third-graders and three adults dead.
Police say the 2023 Nashville school shooter hid mental health issues from doctors and family
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released…
Nashville police downplay religious and transgender elements of Covenant shooting in final report
The MNPD claimed in the final report that Hale's primary motivation was notoriety, and that neither the shooter's clear hatred for affluent white people or Christianity played a role in picking the Presbyterian school.
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