Category: Tennessee

Nashville School Shooter Planned to Hit Other Targets, Police Believe

The shooter who killed six people including three children at a Christian private school in Nashville planned to strike other targets, according to police. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) Chief John Drake told CBS News on Tuesday that 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who on Monday stormed into The Covenant School and went on a killing rampage…


Tennessee Mourns Day After Nashville Christian School Shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Prayers, hugs, flowers, tears. All those things flowed on Tuesday outside of The Covenant School, the private Christian elementary school in Nashville, where three children and three adults were killed the day before. At Covenant Presbyterian’s entrance, which is connected to the school, signs advertised the upcoming Easter service and a summer camp for…


Prosecutors Seeking Death Penalty in Memphis Shootings

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Prosecutors said Monday that they will pursue the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded. The announcement by Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy came during a press conference in the case of…


Police: Impaired Semi Driver Kills 4 People Changing Tire

KINGSPORT, Tenn.—The driver of a tractor-trailer that hit a van alongside an interstate in east Tennessee—killing four people who were changing a tire and critically injuring another—was impaired, police said. Saul A. Carrera, 60, of New York, was driving a Peterbilt tractor-trailer south on Interstate 81 Sunday when the vehicle veered to the right onto…


Josh Hawley Calls on Feds to Investigate Nashville School Shooting as Hate Crime

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has called on the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the shooting at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27 as a hate crime against Christians. The Nashville Police Department (NPD) identified 28-year-old Audrey Hale as the shooter of six people, including three 9-year-old children, who…


‘We Believe in Prayer’: Top Tennessee Official Defends Prayers After Christian School Shooting

The director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation defended prayer on Monday as an appropriate response to tragedies in the wake of a mass shooting in Nashville that left six people dead. “I want to echo what [the] chief has said in reference to the great support and the great teamwork that has been taking…


Christian School Shooter Audrey Hale’s Text Messages Before Massacre Revealed

A former basketball teammate of Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale has come forward and said she texted her before carrying out a mass shooting that left three children and three adults dead on Monday. Averianna Patton, a former teammate and classmate of Hale, said she received messages from Hale, whose Instagram profile used the…


Who or What Encouraged Audrey Hale’s Transgenderism?

Commentary The cell phones were buzzing non-stop at our house on March 27. Who was this person? What motivated him or her? It was a “trans” person but because the police announcement was so cautious—probably correctly—no one was immediately sure, until very late, which way the transition had gone. Still, there are many unanswered, some…


Nashville Police Chief: Christian School Shooter Being Treated for ‘Emotional Disorder’

Police in Nashville on Tuesday said that the suspect involved in the Christian private school shooting that left six people, including three children, dead was being treated for an “emotional disorder.” Speaking at a news conference, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who police officials earlier said was biologically female and…


Nashville Police Chief: School Shooter Being Treated for ‘Emotional Disorder’

Police in Nashville on Tuesday said that the suspect involved in the Christian private school shooting that left six people, including three children, dead was being treated for an “emotional disorder.” Speaking at a news conference, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who police officials earlier said was biologically female and…