"We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy - for our students, parents, faculty and staff."Īs details about the suspect in Monday’s school shooting emerged, there was conflicting information about the assailant’s gender identity. "We appreciate the outpouring of support we have received, and we are tremendously grateful to the first responders who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff. "Law enforcement is conducting its investigation, and while we understand there is a lot of interest and there will be a lot of discussion about and speculation surrounding what happened, we will continue to prioritize the well-being of our community. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. In a statement Monday night to NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville, the school said: The Covenant School, the private Christian institution where a shooter killed three children and three adults Monday morning, said it was in shock. Police tweeted a photo of the weapons the suspect allegedly had during the attack, including two semiautomatic black rifles and a 9 mm handgun.
The two officers opened fire, killing the alleged attacker, police said. Two responding officers found the suspect on the school's second floor, shooting at other law enforcement personnel arriving to the scene, police said. The map, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said, appeared to include information on entry and exit points. "Writings recovered from Hale revealed that attack was calculated and planned," the department said.Įarlier, police said the suspect, Audrey Hale, 28, had a map of The Covenant School, where the former student allegedly killed six, including three 9-year-old students, while walking through the building and opening fire with at least one of three guns. Other unspecified evidence was seized, police said in the statement. At least one of those was described by police as a "sawed-off shotgun," some of which can be illegal, depending on the exact measurements and whether the owner has filed federal paperwork. Nashville police said investigators found two more firearms, described as shotguns, at the residence.
Officers armed with a search warrant scoured the residence on Brightwood Avenue in Belmont-Hillsboro, a neighborhood of seven-figure, early 20th-century homes, blocking off residential streets and using explosive devices to gain entry.
A search of the Nashville school shooting suspect's residence Monday turned up more firepower, police said in an evening statement.
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