I haven’t checked most of the talking heads across the media this morning. How much do you want to bet they’ll sympathize with the shooter even though we don’t have a motive or know what’s in the manifesto?
28-year-old Audrey Hale opened fire on The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian school in Nashville, TN. The media described the guns as “two assault-style rifles and a handgun.”
She killed three children and three adults: Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9, Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61.
Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo shot and “fatally wounded” Hale.
Hale is transgender and identifies as a male. She used to attend the school. Fox News reported a LinkedIn profile supposedly linked to Hale shows she worked “as a graphic designer who creates logos for businesses.”
Authorities discovered a manifesto and writings at Hale’s house, three miles from the school. Nashville police chief John Drake speculated about a motive:
Nashville police chief John Drake said they are reviewing a manifesto and writings from the assailant whom they called a “lone zealot”.Mr Drake said: “We have a manifesto, we have some writings that we’re going over that pertain to this date, the actual incident. We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.”Mr Drake told NBC News that investigators believed the shooting stemmed from “some resentment” Hale harboured “for having to go to that school” when they were younger.
The authorities seized a shotgun and a second shotgun at Hale’s house.
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