The shooter was taken down within 14 minutes of the initial call, according to Nashville Mayor John Cooper. Police later identified those officers as Rex Englebert, who had been with the department for four years, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran of the MNPD. The officers moved upstairs and, according to a statement released late Monday night, saw the shooter firing at arriving police cars.Īt that point, they "engaged" the shooter, who was fatally shot by two of the five responding police officers at the scene, Aaron said. Officers entered the first story of the school building and began to clear it when they heard gunfire on the second level, said Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The shooter entered Covenant School through a side door and traversed the building, moving from the first floor to the second and "firing multiple shots." Police released surveillance video Monday night showing the shooter firing through glass panes on doors and entering the building, then roaming hallways and going in and out of rooms with a weapon at the hip. The shooter "was under doctor's care for an emotional disorder," according to the police chief. Police learned that the shooter "had been hiding several weapons within the house," he added. The shooter's parents were aware that the shooter owned one weapon, but were under the impression that the shooter had sold that weapon and did not own any others, Drake said. He said Tuesday the shooter legally purchased seven firearms from five different gun local stores, and that three of those seven weapons were used in the shooting.
People gather at a makeshift memorial for victims outside The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27, 2023.īRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Imagesĭrake on Monday described the guns used to carry out the shooting as two "AR-style weapons" - a rifle and a pistol - in addition to another handgun. Authorities released body camera footage Tuesday of police officers responding to the shooting and taking down the assailant. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old from Nashville, who officials said was armed with at least two assault-style weapons and a handgun. Our team and the FBI have been working on this."Īuthorities identified the victims as 9-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, as well as 61-year-old Cynthia Peak, 60-year-old Katherine Koonce and 61-year-old Mike Hill. "There's quite a bit of writing to it," Drake said.
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