Tag: Nashville School Shooting

Democrats Reintroduce Gun Control Bill in Response to Nashville Shooting

Four Democrat lawmakers have reintroduced the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act, which would provide $50 million annually for the next five years to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to further research and prevention efforts to address the gun violence epidemic in the United States. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Elissa Slotkin…


Transgender Youth More Likely to Support Violent Radicalization: Study

Transgender youth are more likely to show support for “violent radicalization” compared to biological women and other groups, according to the findings of a study by researchers in Canada. The study, titled “Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” was published in 2022 in the…


Head of Christian School Praised for Going ‘Straight for the Shooter’ During Mass Shooter

The head of the Covenant School who was shot and killed along with five others on Monday was praised for going “straight for the shooter” during the mass shooting incident. Nashville City Councilman Russ Pulley revealed that Katherine Koonce was in a meeting when shooter Audrey Hale, 28, entered the building and started firing at…


Head of Christian School Praised for Going ‘Straight for the Shooter’ During Mass Shooting

The head of the Covenant School who was shot and killed along with five others on Monday was praised for going “straight for the shooter” during the mass shooting incident. Nashville City Councilman Russ Pulley revealed that Katherine Koonce was in a meeting when shooter Audrey Hale, 28, entered the building and started firing at…


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…


Former Nashville Police Officer Weighs In on Covenant School Shooting

A former Nashville police officer shared his grief with the friends and family of those killed in a shooting at a private Christian elementary school in the city on Monday. A shooter killed three children under the age of 10 and another three adults at The Covenant School. Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers rushed…


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…