“We can all agree on one thing – that every human life has great value. The governor said his wife Maria Lee was best friends with one of the victims, Peak, who was supposed to come over to the Lees’ home for dinner Monday evening. Bill Lee said in a video statement Tuesday. “All of Tennessee was hurt yesterday,” Tennessee Gov. Also killed were Cynthia Peak, 61, believed to be a substitute teacher Katherine Koonce, the 60-year-old head of the school and Mike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian, police said.

The victims included three 9-year-old students: Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, the daughter of lead church pastor Chad Scruggs. There have been 42 K-12 school shootings since Uvalde. The attack was the 19th shooting at an American school or university in 2023 in which at least one person was wounded, according to a CNN tally, and the deadliest since the May attack in Uvalde, Texas, left 21 dead. Interactive: Nashville school shooting: A timeline of key events Live updates: Nashville Covenant School shooting Hale’s writings mentioned a mall near the school as another possible target, he added. The shooter targeted the school and church in the attack but did not specifically target any of the six people killed, Aaron said. Police also said Tuesday they did not know a motive. The seven weapons were purchased between Octoand June 6, 2022, police spokesman Don Aaron said. Three of the weapons were used in the attack Monday.

On Monday morning, Hale left home with a red bag, and the parents asked what was inside but were dismissed, Drake said.

“The parents felt (Hale) should not own weapons,” the chief said. The parents of the shooter, Audrey Hale, spoke to police and said they knew Hale had bought and sold one weapon and believed that was the extent of it. The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville was under care for an emotional disorder and had legally bought seven firearms that were hidden at home, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Tuesday.

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