There was a mass shooting at Covenant Church School in Nashville, Tennessee on March 27, 2023 at 10:10 a.m. The shooter is identified as 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale. The suspect was born a man, but made changes to identify as a female, including a name change and bodily changes.
The 6 victims fatally shot by the active shooter at Covenant School are identified as: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9, Cynthia Peak, age 61, Katherine Koonce, age 60, and Mike Hill, age 61.
Katherine was the Head of The School, Mike was a custodian, and Cynthia was a substitute teacher.
Audrey drove to Covenant Church School in a Honda Fit car. Audrey parked and shot into the building. He was armed with 2 assault type guns and a 9 millimeter pistol.
Audrey then shoots and kills all 6 victims as he made his way through the school.
The first call to 911 about shots being fired in the building came in at 10:13 a.m. Officers rushed to the campus, made entry and began clearing the building. Shots were heard coming from the second level.
Audrey then began firing through a window at arriving police cars.
It was on the second floor, in a common area, that a team of officers encountered Audrey shooting. Two members of an officer team fired on Audrey and fatally wounded him.
Audrey attended the school years ago. Writings recovered from Audrey revealed that the attack was calculated and planned.
