Nashville Police Chief John Drake released the names of the victims in the school shooting at a private Christian school and revealed perpetrator Audrey Hale was a transgender woman. ."Thoughts and prayers go out to the families," said Drake at a Monday press conference. ."We send our kids to school and to any place of safety and we expect them to live, learn, have fun, and come back from that day's experience." .Drake thanked the first responders who went into Covenant School to stop a person with multiple rounds of ammunition. He confirmed the shooter killed three students and three adults at the school. .While he never hoped the day would come, he said Nashville police would "never wait to make entry and go in to stop a threat, especially when it deals with our children." .The three children who were killed were nine-year-old Covenant School students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. The adults who died were janitor Mike Hill, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, and administrator Katherine Koonce. .Drake said Hale was a former student at the school. He added she had no criminal history. .Nashville police have obtained a manifesto and writings from her. She drew maps about how the shootings were going to take place. .The police chief went on to say her gender identity might have influenced targeting the school. He said there was another target in Nashville, but a threat assessment by her determined it was too risky. ."Right now, we believe it's a lone assailant, and we don't anticipate any further damage at this time." .Nashville police spokesperson Don Aaron said it received a call of an active shooter inside Covenant School earlier that morning. .“The police department response was swift," said Aaron. .Aaron said officers entered the first storey of Covenant School and began clearing it. He said they began hearing shots from the second level. .Officers went to the gunfire. When they went to the second level, they saw a female who was firing. .Aaron said the officers engaged and fatally shot her. He added the shooter appears to be in her teens, but it was revealed later she was 28 years old. .The spokesperson went on to say she was armed with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun. .The shooter was able to enter the school through a side door. She ran up to the second floor while firing multiple shots. .The 911 call to police came in at 10:13 a.m..“By 10:27, the shooter was deceased,” said Aaron.
