Police find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been planning it for years while hiding their mental health issues from medical providers and hoping the carnage would bring notoriety and fame, a report released Wednesday reveals.
The nearly 50-page investigative case summary by Metro Nashville Police closes the agency’s probe into the shooting at the Christian, private Covenant School in March 2023.
The investigation found that no manifesto existed. Instead, the shooter, Audrey Hale, left behind “a series of notebooks, art composition books, and media files created by Hale documenting her planning and preparation for the attack, the events in her life that motivated her to commit the attack, and her hopes regarding the outcome of the attack,” police determined. Hale, who once attended Covenant, was killed by police.
Hale sometimes used male pronouns, but the police report uses female pronouns.
