On Monday morning, AlertsUSA subscribers were notified of a multi-agency response to reports of gunfire at Covenant School, a private Christian institution for Pre-K thru 6th Grade students in Nashville, TN.
In this incident, 28-year-old biological female Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who identifies as a male, approached a side entrance to the school and, without hesitation, fired rounds through the glass doors. Seconds later, she ducked under the push bars and entered the school with an AR-15, a 9mm carbine rifle, and a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun.
After walking around the school administration area, Hale began firing on students and staff. Within a few short minutes, the first arriving police units assembled a tactical team and began clearing rooms on the first floor. Moving towards the sound of gunfire on the second floor, officers encounter Hale as she was firing through a window at other arriving responders. Moments later the threat was eliminated.
In total, 14 minutes elapsed between the first emergency call being received and Hale being neutralized.
According to Nashville Police Chief John Drake, Audrey Hale lived locally and was a former Covenant School student. In the followup search of Hale's parent's home where she resided, police recovered a manifesto, additional firearms, and evidence of extensive planning for the attack, including a map of the school with a planned route for the shooting.
In total, three nine year-old students and three adults were shot and killed by Hale. Among the dead are a custodian, a substitute teacher, and the school's principle. One of the three children killed was the daughter of the pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church which is attached to the school.
No motive has been released by police, though early on Chief Drake kinda sorta eluded to gender issues possibly playing a role.
In a curious move only three days after the attack, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation marking a “Transgender Day of Visibility,” stating that trans-identified people “shape our nation’s soul."
Christians in the Crosshairs
Readers are cautioned that following the shooting, social media platforms were filled with transgender activists making threats, and in particular, towards Christians. In one such post, an activist includes a picture of a heavily armed person, dressed in pink, standing in front of the transgender flag, along with the following statement:
"Kill christcucks. Behead christcucks. Roundhouse kick a christcuck into the concrete. Slamdunk a christcuck baby into a trashcan. Crucify filthy christcucks."
There are even t-shirts available for purchase online showing different weapons, along with the saying 'Trans Rights.. Or Else.' (also see this and this).
AlertsUSA urges renewed caution and vigilance at any house of worship or affiliated school with doctrines and teachings against these lifestyles. As immorality and lawlessness continue to spread in our society, those institutions which are anchored in and teach conservative religious principles are increasingly being targeted. Now is the time to increase your security posture.
Societal entropy is not going away any time soon.
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