Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto Will Finally Be Released, Perhaps Shedding Light on Killer’s Motive

Whether to publicize the manifestos of school shooters and give air to their grievances has been a source of debate.

Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP
A child weeps while on the bus leaving the Covenant School at Nashville following a mass shooting March 27, 2023. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP

More than a month after six people, including three children, were killed at a private Christian school at Nashville by a transgender male alumnus, Audrey Hale, law enforcement has announced that the shooter’s writings will be released, hopefully shedding some light on the motivations. 

“The investigation has advanced to the point that writings from the Covenant shooter are now being reviewed for public release. That process is under way and will take a little time,” a Nashville metropolitan police spokesman told Fox 17 on Thursday. 

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