On video: six dead in a shooting at an elementary school in Nashville (Reuters)
Audrey Hale, who carried out a mass shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, in which three adults and three children were killed, did not get along with her Christian parents because they "couldn't accept" her being a proud transgender, the "Daily Mail" revealed today (Wednesday). .
The 61-year-old mother Norma and her 64-year-old husband Ronald did not allow Hale, who recently adopted the name "Aiden" and identified as a male body, to dress in men's clothes in their home.
Hale, 28, had to wait until she left the house to change clothes, according to a source privy to the details.
"People only see what they want to see. Their religion did not allow them to accept homosexuality," the source told the British newspaper.
"She was Audrey at home, but outside the house she was changing clothes. They knew about it, but they didn't accept it," he added.
Audrey Hale's parents (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
Audrey Hale (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
Neighbors of Hale in the suburb where her family lived for three decades, said that they had no idea about the changes Hale had undergone and remembered her as "a skater girl, kind of a girl-boy".
One of them said that "She introduced herself a year and a half ago as 'Audrey'. I treated her as a female, and she did not correct me. She seemed an artistic type, quiet and polite."
Police said Hale planned to carry out more attacks, including on her family.
"We spoke with the father and mother. We searched the house and found two more weapons and more maps. We believe there were other targets, including family members and a mall in Nashville," said Police Chief John Drake.
Audrey Hale's weapon (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
Audrey Hale at school (Photo: Reuters)
The body cameras of the police officers at the scene (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
The body cameras of the police officers at the scene (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
It is not clear how Hale turned from a "sweet girl", as the neighbors described her, to a murderer who wrote a manifesto and outlined her attack plans.
According to police, Hitt was being treated for an "emotional disorder" and her parents believed she did not have a weapon after she sold the only rifle they thought she had.
But in practice, Hale collected weapons.
She was in five stores and bought a total of seven weapons, which she hid in her home.
Three of them, including an AR-15 style rifle, were used in the mass shooting at Covenant Christian School.
Hale also sent Instagram messages to a childhood friend before 10 a.m. Monday in which she wrote, "I plan to die today," and it will be on the news, Avrianna Patton told CNN.
According to Patton, she called 911 and the Davidson County Sheriff's Office to report the messages at 10:13.
At that time, the police had already received a call about an active shooter at the school.
Hale, a former student at the school, graduated from Nashville's Nosy College of Art and Design last year.
She worked as a freelance graphic designer, her LinkedIn page said.
The school principal who was killed.
Catherine Koons (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
Nashville is in deep mourning after the shooting, in which 60-year-old school principal Kathryn Coons was also killed as she ran toward Hale in an attempt to stop her.
Koons was found lying in one of the hallways - suggesting she had confronted the shooter.
Former FBI agent and Nashville City Council member Russ Foley confirmed that Coons put her life on the line to save the young students.
"A witness at the school said that Catherine was on a Zoom call when she heard the first shot," he said.
"She immediately hung up and ran towards the shooter. In addition, she formulated a protocol for the case of a school shooting, which saved many lives."
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