Key Highlights
- The FBI released more than 100 pages of Hale’s writings following litigation, which included journal entries believed to date back to late 2021, handwritten notes outlining preparations for a school shooting and references to weapons Hale intended to acquire. Some of the writings list "Christian school (hate religion)" as a reason for targeting the Covenant School.
- GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT LOOKS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT IN COURT Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale, 28, pictured in a driver's license photo and on school surveillance video released by Nashville police.
- Hale killed three 9-year-olds and three adults Monday morning at a private school linked to a church.
- (Metro Nashville Police Department) Hale, 28, carried out the March 27, 2023, attack at the Christian elementary school she once attended, killing six people before being shot dead by responding Metro Nashville Police Department officers.
- The victims were identified as school staff members Katherine Koonce, 60; Cynthia Peak, 61; and Mike Hill, 61; along with students Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney, all 9. Surveillance footage released by police following the attack showed Hale moving through the school armed with multiple firearms.
