On the morning of March 27, in Nashville (Tennessee, USA), a transgender man shot at a private Christian children’s school called Covenant. There are dead, including children, informed Channel 5 Nashville News.
How said Nashville Police Chief John Drake, 28-year-old transgender woman Audrey Hale, who once studied at this school, were implicated in the crime.
According to law enforcement spokesman Don Aaron, the suspect entered the school through a side passage and climbed to the second floor, where he opened fire on school staff and students. . Hale carried an assault rifle and two pistols.
By the time the police arrived at the school building, the suspect also became shoot security forces from the window. Afterwards, two police officers who entered the second floor of the building exchanged gunfire with Hale and fatally injured her. In total, the shooting at the school lasted 14 minutes.
According to police, six people died at the hands of Hale – three school employees, including the principal and a security guard, as well as three nine-year-old children (one of the dead was the daughter of the pastor of the school) . Two adults and three children were injured.
“Our community is heartbroken. We mourn a huge loss and are shocked by the horror that destroyed our school and our church. declared at the Alliance School.
Police raided Hale’s home, where they found school maps, a suspect’s manifesto (its contents are still unknown), as well as a sawed-off shotgun and a shotgun.
US President Joe Biden, commenting on the incident, called the incident a “terrible nightmare” for the families of the victims, and also called on Congress to pass assault weapons control legislation (he had already sent to Parliament on several occasions with such a proposal).
“I again call on Congress to pass my ban on assault weapons. It’s time to start making progress,” Biden said.
How Remarks CNN, the suspect is also known to have graduated from Nossey College of Art and Design in Nashville in 2022 and also worked as a graphic designer and grocery clerk.
Police are investigating whether Hale’s gender identity was linked to the crime, noted Duck. He also noted that she may have been guided by feelings of “resentment” towards the school. “There is a version that Audrey was resentful because she had to go to this school,” Drake added.
