Mainstream media outlets are upset with Nashville police for misgendering the biologically female school shooter Audrey Hale, who killed six people, including three nine-year-old children. . Audrey HaleAudrey Hale .The New York Times (NYT) attempted to clear up the “confusion” about the gender of the shooter with a statement..“There was confusion later on Monday about the gender identity of the assailant in the Nashville shooting,” said the NYT statement. .“Officials used ‘she’ and ‘her’ to refer to the suspect, who, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, appeared to identify as a man in recent months.”.USA Today tweeted “Police on Monday afternoon said that the shooter was a transgender man. Officials initially misidentified the gender of the shooter.” .The shooter murdered three adults and three children at the Covenant School before police engaged and exchanged gunfire, killing the shooter..It took only 14 minutes from the first call to police at 10:13 AM to when the shooter was shot and killed at 10:27 AM..“It was a targeted attack,” said Metro Nashville Police Chief (MNP) John Drake..The shooter identified as a man but was a biological woman..In press conferences and updates, the MNP Department and Drake used female pronouns and referred to the shooter as a woman..On social media, the shooter used “he/him” pronouns..On Monday afternoon, the MNP and FBI searched the shooter's home and found “a manifesto” with maps of the Covenant School drawn “in detail,” including possible points of entry. .According to the MNP, the victims are “Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age nine, Cynthia Peak, age 61, Katherine Koonce, age 60, and Mike Hill, age 61.”.Koonce was the head of the Covenant School, a private Presbyterian school in the Green Hills neighbourhood with approximately 200 students.
