Covenant School Shooter Audrey Hale Eyed a Second Target, Police Say

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Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters that Hale had mentioned another location but found that the target had 'too much security.'

Audrey Hale, the shooter who killed six people at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, targeted multiple locations in a written manifesto examined by police.Hale, a 28-year-old Nashville resident, killed three children and three adults at Covenant School Monday morning. The victims were identified as 9-year-old students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, as well as Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61.

'But some gun-rights advocates have argued that the mass school shooting punctuates the need for increased security in schools. The National Rifle Association posted a clip of Drake's press conference on Twitter when he talked about Hale assessing that one of their targets had 'too much security.''School security is a deterrent,' the NRA wrote. 'It's time to prioritize school security and safeguard our children.

 

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