Nashville, Tennessee shooting that left three children and adults dead renews political, cultural debates
The parents of Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter Audrey Hale said the 28-year-old hid multiple firearms from them because Hale was being treated for an emotional disorder and they didn’t want their child to own guns, police said Tuesday.
Hale, who was shot dead by police at The Covenant School after committing the mass shooting Monday, had legally purchased seven guns from various local stores. Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Hale used three of the guns to kill six people indiscriminately at the school, including three 9-year-old students.
Hale’s parents told investigators they knew about one of the guns but believed that Hale had sold it, Chief Drake said.
“She was under care, doctor’s care, for an emotional disorder,” he said. “Her parents felt she should not own weapons. … They were under the impression that when she sold the one weapon that she did not own any more.”
