6 dead in shooting at Christian elementary school in Nashville

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/LeaBlackMiami/status/1640419781965692958

[TheReckoning]

I can only hope when I’m 28 I still pass for a teenager.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

https://twitter.com/LeaBlackMiami/status/1640419781965692958

The "greatest" country on Earth, folks.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The shooter was apparently a teenaged girl, which is, uhm, quite a strange profile for a mass shooter?

Wonder if the school was targeted specifically because it was Christian. 

They have updated the description to a 28 year old woman.  Still, it's a less traditional demographic for an act like this.

I certainly hope that isn't the motive (it is affiliated with a PCA Presbyterian church), but it's such a tragedy either way.

Quite.

[Suburbia]

Biden shouldn't say much either, it's a red state, it's a white Christian school, it is not his base, per se.

[RFK 2024]

Zero chance Bronz isn't trolling rn

[Suburbia]

I'm not a bad person, I am a good human being

Biden shouldn't say much either, it's a red state, it's a white Christian school, it is not his base, per se.

You tell us that you're not a bad person, but now you're telling us that Biden shouldn't issue a statement after a mass shooting at an elementary school because the victims aren't his base?

What the actual hell is wrong with you?

Tennessee Republicans don't care, they coddle the NRA. They voted for this, why should Biden care? Let Tennessee wallow in this. It's sad overall.

[Stockdale for Veep]

Dead kids being the price of freedom is A1 why I will never vote GOP.  

Surely it's a coincidence that the only state containing borders actually difficult to transport guns across also has the fewest firearm fatalities...

[RFK 2024]

Didn't take long for the grifters to make this about..... transgender issues?  🤦
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1640445241508372490

[BG-NY]

A heavily armed woman who gunned down three children and three staff members at a Nashville school on Monday appears to be a former student of the private Christian campus, police said.

“At one point she was a student at that school,” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters hours after the shooting at The Covenant School. “But unsure what year ... but that’s what I’ve been told so far.”

The shooter was identified as Audrey Hale, a Nashville resident, three law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

There were no answers on Monday afternoon at multiple phone numbers listed for Hale’s mother and brother.

According to police, the shooter was armed with two “assault-style rifles and a handgun” when she was confronted by five officers. Two of those opened fire and killed her, police said.

A car near the shooting scene helped police determine who the shooter was.

“There was a vehicle that was nearby that gave us clues as to who she was,” Drake said.

Investigators were combing through the shooter’s home, he said.

Police tactical units were spotted using a grenade-like device to get inside the house, which is listed as the shooter's residence.

"This is a great family and it's a tragedy," a neighbor said.

Investigators are also looking into how the shooter got into the school. Doors are usually locked on the campus, officials said.

“How exactly she got in, at this point, is still under investigation,” Drake said.

The chief praised his officers for taking on the shooter immediately.

“It could have been far, far worse,” Drake said.

source

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Didn't take long for the grifters to make this about..... transgender issues?  🤦
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1640445241508372490

What? We discuss the profiles of most school shooters all the time. I don't see why we should hide the fact that the shooter was trans because it would hurt feelings.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/gabegutierrez/status/1640451945268932608

A reputable source confirms that the shooter is named Audrey Hale.

No confirmation if this is the same Audrey Hale in the screenshots above.

[jojoju1998]

This is.... a very sad situation.

[T'Chenka]

Dead kids being the price of freedom is A1 why I will never vote GOP.  

Dead kids being the price of freedom is why other western nations such as Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, etc view the United States as a dystopian hellscape. Yes, there are other aspects of America that are great and enviable, but this whole "sacrifice our children to Moloch the 2nd Amendment" thing is like fecal matter mixed into the chocolate ice cream. It's impossible for me to view the USA positively.

I'm so sorry to hear about these kids, but I'm also numb to it. These shootings never upset me on a deep level anymore. It's totally normalized in my brain at this point as an everyday thing.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

[Ferguson97]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

I saw them confirm the name and that Hale was a former student, but can you link the source on them confirming that the shooter was indeed trans?

[BG-NY]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

I saw them confirm the name and that Hale was a former student, but can you link the source on them confirming that the shooter was indeed trans?

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1640465699305816064?s=46

That said, there’s no indication that the shooter’s gender identity motivated the shooting at all. The manifesto hasn’t been released yet.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

I saw them confirm the name and that Hale was a former student, but can you link the source on them confirming that the shooter was indeed trans?

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1640465699305816064?s=46

That said, there’s no indication that the shooter’s gender identity motivated the shooting at all. The manifesto hasn’t been released yet.

Correct, that hasn't been confirmed.  But, they did state that they are reviewing that theory when a reporter asked about it.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

I saw them confirm the name and that Hale was a former student, but can you link the source on them confirming that the shooter was indeed trans?

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1640465699305816064?s=46
That said, there’s no indication that the shooter’s gender identity motivated the shooting at all. The manifesto hasn’t been released yet.

Correct, that hasn't been confirmed.  But, they did state that they are reviewing that theory when a reporter asked about it.

I guess it takes time to go through a manifesto.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was something of a mess.

[Ferguson97]

The local authorities did confirm that the shooter was transgender and that they're investigating whether the church and school's views on sexuality and gender identity motivated the attack.

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

I saw them confirm the name and that Hale was a former student, but can you link the source on them confirming that the shooter was indeed trans?

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1640465699305816064

That said, there’s no indication that the shooter’s gender identity motivated the shooting at all. The manifesto hasn’t been released yet.

I'm looking for a more reputable source than "Breaking911".

Edit: found one myself

https://twitter.com/ToriGessnerTV/status/1640464459805212672

And just like that, right-wingers will believe it when someone says they are trans.


Obviously the shooting is reprehensible, and the shooter being trans doesn't change that. If there's a hell, they're burning there.

The overwhelming majority of shooters are cis men. The problem remains guns.

[RFK 2024]

Yikes.  A transgender person committing a mass shooting at a Christian private school.  Culture war on steroids.  Notice nobody really even cares that six people are dead because it happens literally every day and it’s all about politics now. No wonder our society is so messed up.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

R.I.P. to the innocent victims, and may whoever survived recover inshallah. Hopefully the person who shot up the school gets the death penalty.

So much for prayer in school preventing school shootings.

 

2. Gun control doesn’t always work. Somalia has a total ban on civilians owning guns, how’s that working out for them?

Yes, because that's exactly what Somalia needs, more people with guns!

[BG-NY]

I'm looking for a more reputable source than "Breaking911".

Edit: found one myself

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And just like that, right-wingers will believe it when someone says they are trans.

Obviously the shooting is reprehensible, and the shooter being trans doesn't change that. If there's a hell, they're burning there.

The overwhelming majority of shooters are cis men. The problem remains guns.

(1) Genetic fallacy. The tweet contains a video of the police press conference.
(2) Mongoose, Dule, Horus are hardly right-wingers.
(3) If bad actors are going to have guns regardless, women and LGBT individuals should exercise their first amendment rights.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

So was the shooter a man or woman? Every report I'm seeing is saying it was a woman, but the individual being identified is a transgender man?

[NYDem]

Let's avoid this becoming a flame war on transgender issues.

Little to no chance of that, unfortunately.