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Nashville Shooter Audrey Hale Allegedly Used Federal Student Aid to Buy Guns for School Attack

FBI reveals Audrey Hale used student financial aid to legally purchase seven firearms before the Covenant School shooting with six fatalities.

  • On March 27, 2023, Audrey Hale attacked the Covenant School in Nashville, killing six people, including three 9-year-old children, before Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers shot her within 15 minutes.
  • Hale agonized over target choice, weighing advantages and disadvantages and selecting the Covenant School at Covenant Presbyterian Church for its predominantly white, Christian makeup and her prior attendance, while rejecting I.T. Creswell Middle School due to concerns about harming Black communities and influencing racists.
  • During a care period, Hale acquired seven firearms, according to records, and authorities say Hale had no prior criminal record but was under care for an emotional disorder.
  • The FBI released new documents revealing Hale's diary entries, and a public vigil in Nashville on March 29, 2023, showed local grief while investigators cite a quest for media notoriety.
  • Debate has followed over Hale's identity and how officials refer to them, as police noted confusion and reports that Hale used the name Aiden, while Hale's parents revealed conflicted racial attitudes and Rev. Micah Louwagie offered polarizing public comparisons.
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Tennessee Star broke the news in on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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