US Shooting: The Nashville police department has now released a video of the shooter responsible for killing at least six people, including three children, in a school. In the video, shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale could be seen firing at the entry door to make her way inside the building. She then enters the premises brandishing a gun and roaming inside the school.


The police tweeted the video and said, "Active shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale drove to Covenant Church/School in her Honda Fit this morning, parked, and shot her way into the building. She was armed with 2 assault-type guns and a 9-millimeter pistol."






According to Sky News, the shooter was identified as transgender and police said that she was a student of the school. 


The police said in a tweet that Hale was armed with three guns. " Hale fired a number of rounds inside the Covenant Church/School building. She was armed with these 3 guns and significant ammunition," the tweet read.


A shooting at a Nashville school on Monday morning resulted in the deaths of at least three adults and three children, said police, reported news agency AFP.


The Shooting Plan


The heavily armed attacker at Nashville school, a former student, who killed six including three children came with a careful planning to attack the private elementary school, before being shot by the police. 


As per a report by AFP, Chief of Police John Drake named the suspect as Audrey Hale, 28, who the officer later said identified as transgender. 


According to the police officer, Hale came with a manifesto, maps of the school with details of surveillance and entry-exit points and was “prepared for a confrontation with law


Suspect’s Shooting Plot 


He said the suspect was likely plotting a bigger attack as the manifesto “indicates that there was going to be shootings at multiple locations, and the school was one of them."


Hale entered the Covenant School, a Christian academy, with at least two assault rifles and a handgun from a side entrance and allegedly shot through a door, firing multiple shots while advancing through the building, as per the police. 


There was confusion regarding the gender identity of the suspect as officials addressed her as “she” and “her” while a LinkedIn profile appeared to identify Hale as a man. Drake later identified the suspect as transgender.


Of the three children killed in the attack, one was eight years old and two were aged nine, while the adults were aged 60 to 61. One of the victims, identified as Katherine Koonce, is listed as head of the school on the academy’s website, as per AFP report.


Biden Calls Shooting ‘Sick’ 


Reacting to the latest incident of mass shooting in his country, President Joe Biden called it “sick” and said gun violence was tearing the nation's "soul," as he urged Congress to pass a ban on the assault weapons often used in mass shootings.


"It's ripping our communities apart, ripping the soul of this nation," he said.