New FBI records released this week on the Covenant School shooting in Nashville nearly two years ago reveal writings by Audrey Elizabeth Hale detailing her motives, planning, and finances.
The FBI released more than 100 pages of Hale’s writings following litigation.
The documents include journal entries believed to date back to late 2021, along with handwritten notes referencing preparations for an attack and plans to obtain weapons.
Hale, 28, who identified as transgender, carried out the March 27, 2023, attack at the Christian elementary school she once attended, killing six people before being fatally shot by responding Metro Nashville Police Department officers.
The victims were identified as school staff members Katherine Koonce, 60; Cynthia Peak, 61; and Mike Hill, 61; along with students Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus, and William Kinney, all 9.
One journal entry, believed to have been written in late 2021, includes lengthy passages about weapons Hale said she intended to use in a school shooting.
