Additional weapons and maps ofThe Covenant Schoolhave been found at the home of Audrey Hale, the 28-year-oldidentified as the shooterin Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville thatkilled six people.
A search of the assailant’s Brightwood Avenue home in Belmont-Hillsboro “resulted in the seizure of asawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun, and other evidence,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department stated in a release Monday.
Police also revealed they recovered writings from the home that revealed the attack was “calculated and planned.” This included diagrams “drawn of the school in detail” that appeared to include entry and exit points and surveillance, the release added.
“We havesome writings that we’re going overthat pertain to this day, the actual incident,” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference, per NBC News. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.”
Shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, USA.HAMILTON MATTHEW MASTERS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Prior to naming the assailant, who once attended the school, policeidentified the innocent victimsas Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9,Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9, Cynthia Peak, 61, Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, andMike Hill, 61.
Shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville.Jonathan Mattise/AP/Shutterstock
Dr. Katherine Koonce.The Covenant School
Thegender of the assailant is unclear. Police initially referred to the shooter as a female, and then said the assailant identifies as transgender. CNN reports a police spokesperson told the station Hale used male pronouns on a social media profile.
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Koonce, the head of The Covenant School, is remembered as agood friend and passionate educator.
“Katherine was as solid as a friend could be,” Button said. “Her faith was her foundation. Her family was her greatest love, yet she always wanted to work and give back so other families and children could also feel loved and cared for.”
According to statistics from theGun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot, regardless of the number of fatalities, there were 128 mass shootings across the U.S. in 2023 as of Monday morning.
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source: people.com
