The serene sense of security inside The Covenant School in Nashville, USA, was shattered on Monday (27th) when an armed former student stormed into the private Christian school and unleashed a hail of bullets, killing three 9-year-olds. years and three adults.
the shooter, audrey hale aged 28, was later shot dead by police.
Authorities believe the six victims were shot at random. And while the killer left writings about the planned attack, the motive remains a mystery.
See how the tragic day unfolded.
- 9:57 am
Hale sent a threatening message to her childhood friend Averianna Patton on Instagram, Patton told CNN .
The message said, “I’m planning to die today” and that Patton would see this on the news. “One day it will make more sense.”
“I left more than enough evidence behind. But something bad is about to happen,” he also wrote.
Patton said he didn’t know why he got the message. “I knew her well when we were kids, when we were younger,” said Patton, who played junior basketball with Hale. “I didn’t know the adult Audrey.”
Disturbed by the message, Patton contacted her father for advice. He suggested that she call a suicide prevention hotline for assistance, which she did. But since Patton was not the person at risk of being hurt, the call recipient advised Patton to contact local law enforcement, she said.
- Around 10:13 am
- 10:13 am
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department receives a call about an active shooter inside the school.
Surveillance video shows the shooter entering the school firing through the glass doors and upstairs.
- 10:18 am
Time-stamped surveillance footage from inside the school shows Hale armed with multiple weapons walking down a hallway.
- 10:24 am
Nashville police officers arrive at the school, said Police Chief John Drake.
Bodycam footage shows police entering the school amidst fire alarms and immediately going to several rooms to look for the shooter.
Officers hear gunshots on the second floor and run upstairs as the gunshots get louder, the video shows.
- 10:27 am
The cop Rex Engelber t sees the female shooter and fires about four shots with an assault rifle. Footage from her body cam shows her collapsing.
The Official Michael Collazo then moved towards the shooter while it looked like a gun was still in the assailant’s hand.
Collazo appeared to shoot the ground four times with a gun, shouting “Stop moving!”
The officers finally approached the assailant, removed a gun, then radioed “Suspect shot!”
- what was left behind
After the mass shooting, three weapons were found – an AR-15, a Kel-Tec SUB 2000 and a pistol.
Investigators believe Hale obtained at least two of the weapons legally, the Nashville police chief said.
A search warrant executed at his home led to the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence, police said.
Authorities also discovered that Hale has legally purchased seven firearms since October 2020.
She left writings related to the shooting and scoured another possible attack site in Nashville — “but because of a threat assessment of the suspect — there’s a lot of security — decided not to,” Drake said.
The chief of police also addressed the approximately 11-minute gap between when police received the first call from an active shooter and when officers arrived at the school.
“From what I’ve seen, I don’t have any particular problem with it,” Drake told reporters, adding that “traffic was blocked”.
“But we always want to improve,” he said. “We always want to be there in two or three minutes.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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