The shooter who left six people dead at a Nashville elementary school on Monday had legally purchased seven firearms recently while being treated for an emotional disorder, according Nashville’s chief of police.
One more instance where proper gun control laws might have kept someone being treated for mental issues from getting firearms.
Breaking News: The assailant in the Nashville shooting, a former student at the Christian elementary school where six people were killed on Tuesday, legally bought seven guns recently and was being treated for an emotional disorder, the police said. https://t.co/sYJg0cqCbc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2023
From the New York Times:
The shooter, whom the police have identified as Audrey E. Hale, was under doctors’ care, Chief John Drake of the Nashville Metro Police Department said at a news briefing on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Drake added that the shooter’s parents felt that their child “should not own weapons.”
The shooter purchased seven firearms from five local gun stores and stashed them around the house, Chief Drake said, using three of them on Monday to kill three 9-year-old children and three adults.
The parents initially believed that their child no longer owned any firearms after selling a weapon, they told the police in interviews.
Serious props to the Metro Nashville Police officers who took the shooter down. It took officers 14 minutes to arrive and shoot the assailant from the time the initial call for help came in.
Clearly these officers weren’t trained in Uvalde, Texas.
Video released by the police department shows Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo found and fatally shot the heavily armed 28-year-old shooter within about 3 minutes of entering the school.
A six-minute compilation of body camera footage shows how Nashville police officers raced through the Covenant School, searching classrooms and bathrooms, and ultimately killing the shooter. It took officers 14 minutes to arrive and shoot the assailant. https://t.co/alvv6uRi76
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 28, 2023