Nashville Elementary School Shooting: Who is Audrey Hale, the Killer?

Former elementary school student who was killed. exemplary student of graphic design. And cat lover. that’s how it was Audrey Elizabeth Hale28 years old, who this Monday carried out a massacre Nashville Covenant College, where he killed six people, including three 9-year-old boys.

Hale died in an exchange of shots with the police, on the second floor of the school where she had been a student, and which, this Monday, she drove up and entered through a side door with gunfire.

Nashville Metropolitan Police Chief John Drake confirmed that Hale was once a Covenant student. And he identified where he lived in the Nashville area.

Gender identity

there was some confusion about Hale’s gender identity: Police initially described the shooter as a female and later said Hale identified as transgender.

A police spokesperson told the Washington Post that Hale “is a biological woman who, in a social media profile, use masculine pronouns“.

The Nashville Metropolitan Police Chief told NBC’s Nightly News that Audrey Hale he resented having to go to Covenant school.

“There is a certain belief that there was resentment about having to go to that school. I don’t have all the details yet, and that’s why this incident happened,” she said during the interview.

Covenant School is a Presbyterian school founded in 2001.

Founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church, The Covenant School is located in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville, home to the popular Bluebird Café, a typically beloved spot for musicians and songwriters.

The school has about 200 students in kindergarten through sixth grade, as well as about 50 staff members.

Graphic designer and cat lover

A website that appears to be associated with Hale indicates that the woman was a graphic designer and illustrator based in Nashville who created logos and branding to “help tell a company’s story” and “give a whimsical, playful vibe.”

hale graduated from Nossi College of Art & Design of Nashville in 2022, school president and CEO Cyrus Vatandoost confirmed to ABC News.

“While I was in our school, she was a talented artist and a good studentVatandoost said of Hale.

A Facebook post from Nossi College, which has since been deleted, indicated that Hale won at least one award for his excellent academic performance.

“Besides art, I enjoy playing video games, watching movies, and playing sports,” Hale wrote on a personal website. “There’s a childish part of me that loves to go for a run on the playground. Animals are my second passionso I also like to spend time with my two cats”.

Hale’s LinkedIn account also lists work as a part-time grocery shopper with food delivery service Shipt and mentions past employment as cat sitter.

a poster

Police also found writing, according to Drake: “We have a manifesto, we have some writing that we are reviewing that pertains to this date,” he said.

When asked during an interview with NBC’s Nightly News about the brief and whether Hale’s identification as transgender played a role in the incident, Drake said he still It’s part of the investigation.

In the lyrics, “it indicates that there would be shootings in different places and the school was one of them. Indeed, there was a map of the school which detailed surveillance, entry points and how it would be done that day,” he said.

hale He has no criminal record.

A raid on Hale’s home recovered more weapons than those used in the attack, including a sawed-off shotgun and second shotgun.

Hale’s mother Norma Hale admitted to ABC News of the difficult time she was going through: “It’s very, very difficult right now,” she said, asking for privacy.

“I lost my daughter today,” she added.

A neighbor of the family told ABC News that Audrey Hale lived in the family home with Hale’s parents, who the neighbor described as “very kind” and “very religious”.

​Clarín Newsroom with information from local media

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