Officers Who Took Down Nashville School Shooter Identified
Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake has identified the pair of officers who took down the suspect in a shooting at the Covenant School. Drake said in a statement that Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael…
Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake has identified the pair of officers who took down the suspect in a shooting at the Covenant School.
Drake said in a statement that Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo shot at the suspect, Audrey Elizabeth Hale, “And fatally wounded her,” per Fox News.
Before officers shot the suspect, Hale killed six individuals, including three children.
Drake explained the first 911 call “about shots being fired in the building came in at 10:13 a.m.”
He continued, “Officers rushed to the campus, made entry, and began clearing the building. Shots were heard coming from the second level. It was on the second floor, in a common area, that a team of officers encountered Hale shooting (she had been firing through a window at arriving police cars). Two members of an officer team fired on Hale and fatally wounded her.”
While speaking at a press conference, Drake called the shooting a “targeted attack,” IJR reported.
According to Drake, a map of the school and a manifesto were discovered.
Additionally, he shared the 28-year-old suspect identified as transgender.
The three 9-year-old victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney.
The suspect also killed Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61.
In a Facebook post