The Nashville Police Department has confirmed that they will release a manifesto recovered from the car of Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the 28-year-old transgender former student who shot and killed three adults and three 9-year-olds at Covenant School last month.
According to Fox News Digital, the police stated that the investigation has progressed to the point where the Covenant shooters writings are now being reviewed for public release. This process is currently underway. However, a specific timeframe for the release was not yet available, as confirmed by a police spokeswoman.
Hale entered the Christian elementary school on March 27 with three guns in what the police have described as a calculated and planned attack. The killers document found in the car reportedly outlined this attack. Police also seized Hales journals on other school shootings, hand-drawn school maps, and a trove of documents and electronic devices.
The investigators discovered a suicide note on a desk in the killer's bedroom, a list of passwords, and several laptops. Moreover, they found two memoirs, notes on firearms training, and two guns, a 12-gauge Mossberg 590 and a 20-gauge Winchester Model 1200. The police revealed that the barrel of one of the guns had been sawed off.
While investigators have not determined a motive, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake believed Hale specifically targeted the Christian school and its affiliated church. The victims included three children, Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus, and William Kinney, as well as three adults, Head of School Katherine Koonce (60), Cynthia Peak (61), and Mike Hill (61).
Officers responded to the incident and searched the rooms before hearing gunshots from the second floor. Before 10:30 a.m., the killer was fatally shot on the second floor, near a window where other officers had been shot.
The court records revealed that Hale had no criminal history in Metro Nashville or Davidson County. However, the investigators found journals, documents, and electronic devices indicating that the killer had meticulously planned this attack. It is essential to note that Hales transgender status is irrelevant to the investigation.
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