UPDATE: The victims have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus (9), William Kinney (9), Hallie Scruggs (9), custodian Mike Hill (61), teacher Katherine Koonce (60), and Cynthia Peak (61).
Police have identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a former student at the school. Nashville police chief John Drake said the shooter “identified as transgender,” had a manifesto, and a map of the school.
According to reports Hale’s completed rampage was thwarted after Hale was shot dead by Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo of the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Hale messaged friend Averianna Patton on social media the morning of the shooting informing them that “something bad” was going to happen.