

Koonce was the head of school, according to the school website. The police in Nashville identified the six victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher Mike Hill, 61, a custodian and Katherine Koonce, 60. Officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the shooter, but, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, the shooter appeared to identify as male in recent months. Chief Drake said the shooter identified as transgender. There was confusion about the gender identity of the assailant in the immediate aftermath of the attack. Hale driving up to the Covenant School in Nashville, and then shooting out the entrance doors to get into the building.

Surveillance video shows an attacker whom the police identified as Audrey E. At one point, the shooter can be seen walking in and out of the church office and down a hallway past the children’s ministry, as the lights of what appear to be a fire alarm flash. Wearing camouflage pants, a black vest and a backward red baseball cap, the assailant walks through rooms and hallways with a weapon drawn. In the clip, two sets of glass doors shatter from bullets before the assailant ducks into the building through the broken glass. Surveillance video released by the police on Monday night showed the shooter drive up to the school in what the police described as a Honda Fit. Chief Drake said that the assailant was “at one point a student” at the school. Hale, had entered the building by firing through a side door, armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun, according to John Drake, the chief of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and went to the second floor, firing shots before being killed by the police. The shooter, who the police identified as Audrey E.
