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Jill Biden attended a candlelight vigil in Nashville on Wednesday night to honour the three children and three adults who were murdered at the Covenant school in the city.
Earlier it emerged that the shooting suspect, Audrey Hale, had previously posted on Facebook about the death of a romantic partner, according to a former teacher.
Art college instructor Maria Colomy, who taught Hale at the Nossi College of Art & Design in Nashville, recalled a social media post from the shooter “openly grieving” the unknown individual and said that Hale had announced the bereavement and asked to be addressed as Aiden and by masculine pronouns from then on.
Three children aged nine – Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney – were shot dead on Monday, as were staff members Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill.
Meanwhile, Nashville police chief John Drake has said that Hale was “under doctor’s care for an emotional disorder” before the killings and had hidden seven legally purchased weapons at home.
Parkland dad calls for national education strike in response to Nashville shooting
Manuel Oliver’s son Joaquin was among 17 victims in Florida mass shooting in 2018.
How Washington reacted to the Nashville school shooting is sadly unsurprising
Passing a gun bill required just the right circumstances in Washington last year. Those don’t exist any more with Republican control, writes Eric Garcia.
ICYMI: Roughly one in 20 Americans own an AR-15 rifle as firearm’s popularity explodes despite role in mass killings
Alex Woodward has this report on a truly shocking statistic on an assault rifle that was originally intended strictly for military use but which is now owned by 5 per cent of the US population.
Parkland dad calls for national education strike in response to Nashville shooting
The father of a Parkland shooting victim who was violently arrested at the US Capitol has called for a national education strike in response to the Nashville shooting.
Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin was fatally shot in the Parkland High School Shooting, has called for “extreme measures” to prevent further gun violence in the US.
“I want to go in a more challenging, disruptive direction. I think we have been very polite,” he told ABC News.
Tearful Melissa Joan Hart describes how she helped kindergarteners run to safety after Nashville shooting
‘They were climbing out of the woods. They were trying to escape the shooter situation at their school,’ the actor says.
Amber Raiken has the details.
Democrat lawmaker interrupts Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic rant to raise assault weapons ban
One of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Democratic rivals in the House interrupted her transphobic rant about the Nashville attack during a committee hearing in order to inject his own take on the shooting.
Police have identified the suspected shooter by their name at birth; Hale reportedly was a transgender man who used he/him pronouns, though law enforcement officials initially described the suspect as a woman in the aftermath of the shooting. Police did not provide another name but on the suspect’s social media accounts they refer to themselves as Aiden.
ICYMI: What we know about Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale
Audrey Hale, a former student at the elementary school, allegedly entered The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, just after 10am.
Inside, the shooter opened fire on students and staff, killing six victims.
Students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all aged nine, headmistress Katherine Koonce, 60, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Mike Hill, 61, all died in the attack.
Two responding police officers shot the suspect dead on the second floor just 14 minutes after arriving at the school.
Democrat and Republican in Capitol shouting match over gun safety: ‘Calm down? Children are dying!’
New York Democrat Jamaal Bowman had been giving a furious speech to reporters in a corridor outside the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening, accusing the Republicans of inaction.
“They’re cowards. They’re all cowards! They won’t do anything to save the lives of our children,” yelled Mr Bowman, a former school principal.
Kentucky GOP representative Thomas Massie then tried to butt in, prompting a shouting match between the two men.
“You know, there’s never been a school shooting in a school that allows teachers to carry [guns],” Mr Massie said.
Arizona governor’s press secretary resigns after ‘transphobe’ gun meme in wake of Nashville shooting
Right-wing Arizona caucus leader says staffer was ‘threatening to shoot people Democrats disagree with less than 12 hours after Nashville shooting’.
We must reject the transphobic narrative around Nashville
‘The right is the radicalized threat to public safety, not the LGBTQ community. Here are the receipts to prove it.’
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