Nashville; 28 March 2023 (UMMN): A 28-year-old female terrorist identified as Audrey Hale has killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday. The terrorist was shot dead by police shortly after, bringing the death toll to seven.
Motive of the shooter, wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol, was not clear but a manifesto and a detailed map of the school have since been found. Contents of the manifesto has not been released.
She had conducted surveillance of the school and prepared the attack. She was also “prepared for a confrontation with law enforcement” and “prepared to do more harm," said officials.
According to Yahoo News, the Covenant School - which has about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, as well as roughly 50 staff members, and no police officers present or assigned to the school at the time of the shooting because it is a church-run school.