Bodycam footage shows Nashville police searching Christian school for gunman
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Nashville authorities have released chilling 911 from inside the Covenant School as a mass shooting took place that cost the lives of three children and three adults.
According to the Associated Press, the calls were made in hushed voices urging dispatchers to send help, with gunfire and crying children heard in the background.
Earlier, hundreds of protesters flooded the Tennessee state capitol on Thursday morning to demand lawmakers take action on guns in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.
Meanwhile, a manifesto written by the Nashville school shooting suspect Audrey Hale will soon be released by officers investigating Monday’s deadly attack on The Covenant School in the Tennessee city, according to reports.
Pupils Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all aged nine, and staff members Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill were shot dead when an armed assailant identified by police as Hale, 28, a former student of the private Christian elementary school, burst into the building and opened fire.
No motivation for the attack has yet been established but on Wednesday it emerged that Hale had previously posted on Facebook about the death of a romantic partner, according to a former teacher, offering a possible clue.
Nashville shooting 911 calls capture terror inside school: ‘I’m hearing more shots, please hurry!’
Nashville authorities released the recordings on Thursday.
Nashville authorities released the recordings on Thursday
Chilling 911 calls from inside Covenant school released by police
Nashville authorities have released chilling 911 from inside the Covenant School as a mass shooting took place that cost the lives of three children and three adults.
According to the Associated Press, the calls were made in hushed voices urging dispatchers to send help, with gunfire and crying children heard in the background.
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AOC slams Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tweets over Nashville shooting
Almost immediately after the story broke, Ms Greene pointed to the shooter’s supposed gender identity in a series of tweets as malicious as they were illiterate.
“How much hormones like testosterone and medications for mental illness was the transgender Nashville school shooter taking,” the Georgia Republican tweeted. “Everyone can stop blaming guns now.”
Responding after a House vote on Monday evening, Ms Ocasio-Cortez justly slammed the remarks.
“It’s absolutely disgusting and she should be looking into a mirror as to why she’s defending and posing with the same weapons that are being used to kill children, teachers and educators,” she told The Independent.
Chilling 911 calls from inside Covenant school released by police
Nashville authorities have released chilling 911 from inside the Covenant School as a mass shooting took place that cost the lives of three children and three adults.
According to the Associated Press, the calls were made in hushed voices urging dispatchers to send help, with gunfire and crying children heard in the background.
Protesters flood Tennessee capitol building to demand action from state lawmakers
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Parkland dad calls for national education strike in response to Nashville shooting
‘We need to fight harder, scream louder’: Nashville youth at school shooting vigil share their anger
First lady Jill Biden and singer Sheryl Crow stood before hundreds in Nashville as mourners held candles, prayed and shared their frustration at yet another deadly school shooting on American soil, writes Sheila Flynn from Tennessee.
First lady Jill Biden and singer Sheryl Crow stood before hundreds in Nashville as mourners held candles, prayed and shared their frustration at yet another deadly school shooting on American soil, writes Sheila Flynn
Pictures from Nashville candlelight vigil
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What we know about the victims of the Nashville school shooting
Pupils Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all aged nine, and staff members Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill were all shot dead at The Covenant School on Monday.
Here’s a reminder of what we know about them.
Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney were the nine-year-old children killed
How many school shootings have there been this year?
Monday’s mass shooting was just the latest instance of America’s worsening gun violence epidemic.
According to a Washington Post database, there have been 17 school shootings this year already. Overall, in 2023, counting the Nashville shooting, there have been at least 39 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, resulting in 18 deaths, according to data from Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group.
Only three months into the year, 2023 has already seen more gun deaths on school grounds than in past years like 2016 and appears set to eclipse totals from other years like 2020, 2017 and 2014.
2023 could be among worst years in recent memories for school violence