Police officials have made public video footage of the 28-year-old female shooter showing up at the Nashville Christian school before scouting around the building where she would later gun down six people, which included three kids.
Footage from the school’s security camera system set up throughout the Covenant School building was able to catch the shooter as they arrived on campus and drove around the building prior to breaking their way into the school by firing rounds through the glass doors and climbing in. The shooter then quickly stalks through the hallways of the school, aiming her assault rifle up as she pulls open doors and checks corners. While the video released does not include sound, a number of school alarms can be seen going off as lights start to flash throughout the hallways due to the school shooter shattering the glass to get into the school.
WARNING: The video provided does not show any images or moments when the gunwoman opens fire, but some audiences may still find the footage disturbing.
The shooter, who has been found out to be a woman that identified as a man over the past few months, broke into the school carrying a total of three guns at roughly 10:13 a.m. this past Monday, killing a total of three adults, which included the head of the school, and a total of three 9-year-old kids in what officials have labeled to be a “targeted attack.” Police were able to make it to the scene after just 14 minutes, and the shooter quickly opened fire on the responding officers out of a window on the second story. These officers, however, regrouped and moved together into the school prior to a pair of Metro Nashville cops firing back at the shooter and killing them.
By Monday evening, local officials that were working alongside the FBI had carried out a search of the home belonging to the female shooter. During this search, law enforcement officials stated that they had discovered “a manifesto” sitting amongst a group of maps of the school that had been seemingly hand drawn in fine detail with markings over points of entry. The police chief explained that authorities do have a working theory regarding the motive for the shooting, but have not elected to make it public as of writing.
Police have fully identified all six victims, and they include three 9-year-old children and three adults 60 years old and above.
As reported by the Metro Nashville Police Department, the victims of the incident are “Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9, Cynthia Peak, age 61, Katherine Koonce, age 60, and Mike Hill, age 61.” Katherine Koonce was known to be the head of the Covenant School. The school itself sports an enrollment of between 195 and 210 students.
