And ever since Sandy Hook a decade ago, the push has been to make guns more available. This is a state where Republicans have been rolling back gun laws pretty aggressively. But, you know, the bigger reaction appears to be political. I do expect there'll be more community vigils over the next few days. There are a lot of churches with Christian schools attached to them in this part of town. It's worth noting that the Green Hills neighborhood, which is the part of Nashville where this happened - it's a major center for religious life in Nashville.
SISK: Well, a handful of churches did open their doors last night for community vigils. They also say that Hale's family thought that Hale shouldn't have any guns, but they knew that Hale had one, and that three of those guns were used in the shooting, and the others might have been hidden in the home.įLORIDO: I know that there have been some vigils and also demonstrations. Police are saying today that what they found was that Hale had a total of seven weapons and that they were all legally obtained from five gun stores in Nashville. And yesterday, the police searched Hale's family home, which was about three miles from the school.
What we do know is that the suspect was a 28-year-old named Audrey Hale. SISK: You know, police say they have some documents and maps that lay out the plan, but they really aren't sure what the motive is, or at least they're not willing to say what that is. They're able to give officers, as they arrive, clear instructions on where the children are and to share some information on where the assailant might be.įLORIDO: Have we learned any more about the assailant's motive? Also, you see the teachers interacting with the officers, and they seem to be very well-prepared. It's also important what you don't see, which is children in any of the rooms as police are searching the building, which probably speaks to how well drilled the school was in what to do during a school shooting. And what you see in this video is officers very quickly and methodically going from classroom to classroom. I think one of the things that it shows clearly is that the assailant was either shot by officers or at least died during the encounter in the hallway, which took place on the second floor.
And it shows about a three-minute encounter from the time that officers entered the building until the assailant was killed. So the body camera footage, which was released this morning - it's very harrowing. Chas, welcome.įLORIDO: Can you describe a bit more of what the bodycam footage shows and what it tells us about the shooting? Here with the latest in the investigation is Chas Sisk, senior editor with Nashville member station WPLN. The video shows officers' encounter with the shooter who killed three children and three adults at the Covenant School. Police have now released body camera footage of yesterday's attack on a Nashville elementary school.
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