Nashville School Shooting

Nashville School Shooting

On March 27, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian private school in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Seven people were killed, including three children and three staff members.

At least three children and two adults were killed during a shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday, a local hospital said, and the shooter died after a confrontation with police.

A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said.

Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student at the school, and called the attack targeted. Hale was shot and killed by police during the attack, which was the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.

Hale, armed with three firearms, entered the Covenant School by shooting through a side door, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference.

After the attack, authorities found Hale had "maps drawn of the school in detail, surveillance, entry points," Drake said.

"We some writings that we're going over that pertain to this day, the actual incident," Drake said. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place."

Investigators also found the shooter may have looked at targeting another location, Drake said, but gave up on the idea after doing a "threat assessment" because the site had "too much security." The location was in Nashville, he said.