2023 Nashville school shooting

2023 Nashville school shooting
A CCTV still of Hale, carrying his pistol-caliber carbine, walking around the second floor of the school during the shooting.
LocationGreen Hills, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates36°05′35″N 86°49′32″W / 36.09306°N 86.82556°W / 36.09306; -86.82556
DateMarch 27, 2023 (2023-03-27)
10:11 – 10:24 a.m. (CDT; UTC−05:00)
TargetStudents and staff at The Covenant School
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, school shooting, pedicide
Weapons
  • 5.56 Lead Star Arms Grunt AR-15–style pistol
  • 9mm Kel-Tec SUB-2000 pistol carbine
  • 9mm Smith & Wesson M&P9 Shield EZ pistol[1]
Deaths7 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
2 (1 by gunfire)[a]
PerpetratorAiden Hale[b][3]
Motive
  • Primarily Infamy[4]
  • Anti-Christian sentiment[5]

On March 27, 2023, a mass shooting happened at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian Church in America parochial elementary school in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. It started when 28-year-old Aiden Hale (born Audrey Elizabeth Hale), a transgender man and former student of the school,[6][7][8] killed three nine‑year‑old children and three adults before being shot and killed by two Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers. It is the deadliest school shooting in Tennessee history.

In April 2025, after an investigation into the shooting, it was discovered that Hale did the shooting to become famous and targeted the school because it was Christian.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ↑ An injured victim was a police officer who cut his hand on shattered glass.[2]
  2. ↑ Has been identified by law enforcement and the press by his birth name, Audrey Elizabeth Hale.

References

  1. ↑ Sanchez, Ray (March 31, 2023). "Here's what we know about the guns used in the Nashville school shooting".
  2. ↑ Hauck, Grace; Ortiz, Jorge L.; Alund, Natalie Neysa (March 28, 2023). "Covenant School shooting in Nashville: 3 children, 3 adults dead; victims' names released". USA Today.
  3. ↑ "What we know about the alleged Nashville school shooter". KWTX-TV. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/03/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-police-investigation/82789497007/
  5. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/03/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-police-investigation/82789497007/
  6. ↑ Kallingal, Mallika; Salahieh, Nouran; Levenson, Eric (2023-03-30). "Some 911 calls from Nashville's Covenant School shooting are released". CNN. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  7. ↑ Elamroussi, Aya (2023-03-31). "First funeral of Nashville school shooting victim comes a day after police release terrifying 911 calls of attack". CNN. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  8. ↑ Cochrane, Emily; Shpigel, Ben; McGee, Jamie (2023-03-28). "Nashville Shooting: Police Say Shooter Was Under Doctor's Care for 'Emotional Disorder'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  9. ↑ Miller, Holly Yan, John (2025-04-02). "Mass shooter who killed 6 people at The Covenant School had no grudge against victims but was fueled by a quest for notoriety". CNN. Retrieved 2025-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "MNPD Concludes Covenant School Mass Murder Investigation | Nashville.gov". www.nashville.gov. 2025-04-02. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
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