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What We Know About the 6 Victims of The Covenant School Shooting in Nashville

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Days after a shooter opened fire at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, friends and family fondly remember the three children and three adults who died in the senseless tragedy.
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The Covenant School issued a statement regarding the shooting and the tremendous grief they are experiencing as a community.
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The statement said they are "in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church."
HEAD OF SCHOOL, KATHERINE KOONCE
Koonce, 60, was a consummate educator and protector of her students. According to Nashville County Councilman Russ Pulley, via Fox News, Koonce was on a Zoom call when she heard the first shot. A witness reported Koonce immediately went for the shooter. 
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"She did what principals and headmasters do; she protected her children," Pulley said.
"In addition, she prepared the school by seeking advanced-level active-shooter training, and from witnesses at the scene, this protocol – details of which I cannot provide – saved countless lives."
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Parents and friends shared memories of Koonce, who they say was known for greeting each student in the morning by name, and the children loved her, according to WKRN.
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Stephana Greene, a Covenant School parent, described the beloved principal, saying, "She loved God and she loved people. So, it doesn't surprise me at all that she died protecting people."
SCHOOL CUSTODIAN MIKE HILL
"I don't know the details yet. But I have a feeling, when it all comes out, Mike's sacrifice saved lives," Tim Dunavant, a pastor at Hartsville First United Methodist Church who hired Hill at the Covenant School 13 years ago, wrote in an online post on Monday, according to Fox News.
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"I have nothing factual to base that upon. I just know what kind of guy he was. And I know he's the kind of guy that would do that."
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"Today my dad lost his life at The Covenant School/Church. A job that everyone knows he absolutely loved," his daughter shared in the post.
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"I have watched school shootings happen over the years and never thought I would lose a loved one over a person trying to solve a temporary problem with a permanent solution. I will not say her name because I will not glorify her actions."
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A GoFundMe account has raised more than $400,000 in Hill's honor thus far.
Peak, 61, was substituting at Covenant the day of the shooting but had plans to meet with her family friend, Tennessee first lady Maria Lee for dinner later. Peak was married and left behind three children and a husband.
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SUBSTITUTE TEACHER CYNTHIA PEAK
Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, which runs the school.
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STUDENT HALLIE SCRUGGS
Her father told ABC News in a statement that his daughter was "such a gift."
"We are heartbroken," the statement reads. "Through tears we trust that she is in the arms of Jesus who will raise her to life once again."
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Dieckhaus, 9, was the daughter of a Nashville ophthalmologist at Guardian Eye Associates, Dr. Michael Dieckhaus. He and wife Katy are also parents to an older daughter, Eleanor, according to MEAWW. Dieckhaus reportedly tried to pull the fire alarm in an attempt to stop her classmates from being killed.
STUDENT EVELYN DIECKHAUS
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"One of the 9-year-old victims of the Nashville school shooting goes to my church, Her name is Evelyn Dieckhaus. She was adorable," Sarah Drury, a Sunday school teacher at Woodmont Christian Church, wrote in a now-private Facebook post.
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"We had a prayer vigil tonight at our church. We are, the whole city, saturated in grief. Now. It's time to marry prayer and grief with action."
There is not much known about Kinney, 9, who is the son of Erin Kinney.

"Tonight one of my Union Sisters is grieving the loss of her 9 year old child murdered today in Nashville while attending school trying to be a normal kid and get an education," friend Suzanne Sapp wrote on Facebook.
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STUDENT WILLIAM KINNEY
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"Erin Kinney will never get to hold her son again. Her 9 year old son left for school this morning and is never coming home again."
"Will had an unflappable spirit," read a post on a now-deleted GoFundMe page, according to Independent.
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"He was unfailingly kind, gentle when the situation called for it, quick to laugh, and always inclusive of others. He loved his sisters, adored his parents, grandparents, aunts ...
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...and uncles, and was always excited to host friends of every age. Sweet Will knew no strangers, and our hearts our broken for his family as they try to find their way forward."