MADRID, Spain.- Three children and three adults died this Monday in a shooting at The Covenant School, in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Several people were injured.
According to information from various local media the victims were the nine-year-old children Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney; and adults Mike Hill, Cynthia Peak and Katherine Koonce and were between the ages of 60 and 61. Koonce was the director of this private religious education school.
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The murderer was identified as Audrey Hale, “a transgender woman” who had studied at said institution, made it known Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief Don Aaron.
At 10:13 in the morning of this March 27, the emergency services received a call. Upon arriving at the scene, the police heard shots on the second floor of the school. As they went up, they shot and killed the killer, Don Aaron explained.
He also specified that Audrey Hale had entered the school through a side entrance to the building, carrying two assault rifles and a pistol.
It later emerged that the 28-year-old attacker had been a student at the school and had a manifest and plans with details such as the entrances and the location of the security cameras.
About 200 children study at The Covenant School, ranging from preschool (three years) to sixth grade (11 or 12 years).
last may 21 people (19 students and two teachers) died in a shooting at Robb Elementary School, located in the community of Uvalde, in the State of Texas. The author of the slaughter It was an 18-year-old boy, identified as Salvador Ramos, who lived near the school.
This was the second largest school massacre in the United States in the past decade. The previous one occurred on December 14, 2012. That day, 20-year-old Adam Lanza murdered 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
