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Everything we know about transgender Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale
New York Post ^ | 27 March 2023 | Emily Crane
Posted on 3/27/2023, 5:37:06 PM by Chad C. Mulligan
The shooter who stormed a private Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday, killing three students and three staffers, was identified as a 28-year-old white transgender woman named Audrey Hale who once attended the school, authorities said.
The suspect — who was killed by police — was also a Nashville resident, police said. The shooter was later identified as Hale, NBC reported.
Women make up just 2% of mass shooters across the country, according to the Violence Project database, and Monday’s shooter is just the fifth female mass shooter in US history.
A car was located near the Covenant School, where the 14-minute shooting spree took place Monday morning, and provided investigators clues as to the shooter’s identity, Metro Nashville Chief of Police John Drake said at a press conference.
“But as stated, that investigation is still ongoing,” he added.
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