Police say Christian elementary school mass shooter identified as transgender

While a motive has yet to be definitively determined, police did confirm that Hale is a former student of the school and that the attack was targeted.

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Police respond to a March 27 shooting at The Covenant School. (Metro Nashville Police Department)

(LifeSiteNews) — Nashville police have identified 28-year-old “transgender” woman Audrey Hale as the now-deceased suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Tennessee on Monday.

According to local law enforcement, Hale opened fire at The Covenant School — a private, Presbyterian elementary school — in Nashville at 10 a.m. local time, leaving three 9-year-old children dead, along with three adult staff members.

Hale, a woman who “identified” as a man, was killed by police.

While a motive has yet to be definitively determined, police did confirm that Hale is a former student of the school and that the attack was targeted.

Immediately after the news broke that the suspect considered herself to be “transgender,” social media erupted with speculation about the motivation behind the deadly attack.

Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson took to Twitter to point out that this attack is not the first time in recent memory that a person identifying as “trans” or “non-binary” has committed a mass shooting, writing:

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also chimed in with her thoughts, questioning whether the medical establishment’s approach to treating people with gender dysphoria may have played a role in the attack.

Other conservatives took to social media to mourn the loss of the young victims, and to plead for prayers for the families affected.

Police released body camera footage from the shooting Tuesday morning.

 

Jack Bingham