Everything We Know About Nashville School Shooter Audrey Hale & Her 'Manifesto'

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BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook A heavily armed assailant stormed a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, killing three students and three adults before being killed by police.

Audrey Hale, 28, reportedly planned the massacre at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school serving preschool to sixth-grade students. Hale attended the school in her youth, and some people say resentment may have fueled her attack. BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook

Disturbing video captured from the scene shows Hale shooting through the glass of a side door at the school and entering heavily armed.

HALE MAY HAVE HAD A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST THE SCHOOL. "I think about this student and our relationship at the time she was there, there was nothing extraordinary and unusual," the school's former headmaster, Bill Campbell, told NBC News. Google Maps

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook "She was loved and appreciated like all of our students," the school's former headmaster said.

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook There were "maps drawn of the school, in detail, so, surveillance, entry points, et cetera,” Nashville Police Chief John Drake said, according to The Daily Beast. HALE MADE DETAILED PLANS FOR THE SHOOTING, INCLUDING A MANIFESTO.

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook He also said they discovered a “manifesto” and “some writings that pertain to this date, the actual incident ... of how this was all going to take place.”

Hale's car was reportedly found parked near the school, and inside, police found “additional material written by Hale,” they indicated in a tweet. Metro Nashville PD/Twitter

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook HALE WAS A CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PERSON. "Hello, my name is Audrey Hale. I am a freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer who creates logos for businesses," Hale wrote on her website.

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook "I primarily work with clients that desire a brand personality. I provide illustrations and designs that will help tell a company's story. My illustrations usually bring a whimsical and light-hearted feel."

Hale graduated from Nashville's Nossi College of Art & Design in 2022, Cyrus Vatandoost, school president and CEO, confirmed to ABC News. "While at our school, she was a talented artist and a good student," he said. BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook

There is some confusion about Hale's gender identity. Police referred to Hale using "she" and "her" pronouns but also said Hale identified as transgender. On now-deleted social media accounts, Hale sometimes referred to herself as Aiden. Hale was reportedly transgender BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook

"It doesn't excuse anything that happened," said Andrea Segovia, senior field and policy advisor for the Transgender Education Network of Texas. "I am concerned about how opposition and people who are anti-trans will try to spin this."

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook HALE WARNED OF HER IMPENDING DEATH. Patton shared screenshots of the Instagram exchange with Hale that she called "basically a suicide note."

"I tried to comfort and encourage her and subsequently reached out to the Suicide Prevention Help Line after being instructed to by my father at 10:08 am. Audrey has shared with others that she had been suicidal in the past and I knew to take this serious," Patton said.

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook "After phone calls from friends and Audrey's name was released as the shooter at Covenant Nashville school, I learned that Audrey was the shooter and that she had reached out to me prior to the shooting," Patton said.

BNN-Belmont News Network/Facebook Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, which runs the school. It has approximately 200 students in preschool through sixth grade. VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING INCLUDE THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. Read more