You should never speculate about a motive until you have all of the information despite the public wanting the answer right away, said Tyrone Powers, a former FBI special agent and founder of The Powers Consulting Group, a public safety consulting firm based in Baltimore. The Covenant School is a private school founded in 2001 that serves students inpre-kindergarten through sixth grade, according to its website. The officer rounded the corner and fired four shots. The Tuesday night prayer vigil in Mt. ", TennesseeSen. Marsha Blackburn said she was "heartbroken to hear about the shooting." The helpline recommended that Patton call police, which she did. Police response to mass casualty incidents are increasingly under scrutiny after a shooter killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas while officers stood outside. The school is kind of situated sideways, if you will. Hale entered the Covenant school with an AR-style rifle, anAR-style pistol and another handgun, police said. He wrote on Twitter:"In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting. The website counts any instance when a firearm is fired or pointed at someone in a school, or when a bullet hits school property. For some, that moment never came. We dont know if gender identity played a part, but theres a conversation to be had that speaks to societys continual rejection and conflict over ones identity that can lead to this disconnect and frustration, Dunton said. Mitchell watched out of her classroom window as police and emergency vehicles raced past her school and to the scene, about two miles down the road off Hillsboro Pike. Drake said the school had an active shooter protocol. Audrey Hale sent direct messages from The Covenant School parking lot to a former middle school basketball teammate minutes before Monday's shooting. "The police department response was swift," Aaron said. "Keeping children safe is not political," she said. A former student killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday, armed with two "assault-style" weapons and a handgun after elaborately planning. "A lot of comments about 'you were all that mattered' [and] 'Ill miss you forever,' etc.," Colomy said, paraphrasing what she saw of Hale's social media postings. Bill Lee,wifeclose friends with victim, Shooter bought seven firearms, was being treated for'emotional disorder', 14-minute timeline: From the Nashville school shooter's break-in to how police responded, Shooter reached out to ex-teammate before school attack, Surveillance footage shows armed suspect arriving at school, Andy Ogles, GOP congressman representing Nashville, criticized for posing with guns in family Christmas photo, Nashville shooting suspect killed by police in 'swift' response.