Heroic Officers Who Stopped Shooting at Private Christian School in TN Identified

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Heroic Officers Who Stopped Shooting at Private Christian School in TN
Yesterday morning, a deadly shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville. A female suspect, armed with two rifles and a handgun, entered the school and shot and killed three adults and three children. The suspect was later killed in an altercation with the police. Seven people, including the shooter, were confirmed dead. Fox News reported, “The Metro Nashville PD confirmed the shooter's death in a statement, adding that the school was already working on reunifying parents and children a safe distance away from the Burton Hills Blvd the school is on.”

Fox News reported:

Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo fired at the 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale "and fatally wounded her," bringing an end to a shooting that left six victims, including three children, dead.

Officer Englebert is a four-year MNPD veteran and Officer Collazo is a nine-year MNPD veteran.
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The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, all age nine, as well as Mike Hill, 61, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60.

As reported in The Tennessean, Don Aaron of the Metro Nashville Police Department, “The police department response was [swift]. Officers entered the first story of the school and begin clearing it. They heard shots coming from the second level; they immediately went to the gunfire.”

The Nashville police have identified the 28 year-old shooter, believed to be a former student of the school, and identifies as transgender.

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“The more you increase the frequency of a report, the more likely somebody is going to hear it and be influenced by it..let’s change the reporting methods & treat it like we treat teen suicides [and] celebrity suicides” @greggutfeld talking about media coverage of mass shootings

Denver Public Schools Vote to Bring Back Armed Officers
Last week Denver Public Schools reversed course on its removal of armed resource officers following the George Floyd case. More from The Denver Gazette:

The Denver Public Schools (DPS) board voted in 2020 to end all SRO contracts with the Denver Police Department amid protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd after he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground by police officers in Minneapolis. One of the officers was convicted of murder, while three others received prison sentences.

DPS has not had SROs since June 2021. 

In the wake of the shooting of two East High School administrators this week, the board reversed course on Thursday, hoping to quell the fears of anxious students and parents.

Armed police officers will be placed on high school campuses for the remainder of the school year.