Nashville school shooter fired 152 rounds before being killed by police

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale fired off a total of 152 bullets during his attack on the Covenant School last Monday (Picture: EPA)

The shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee fired off 152 rounds before being stopped by police, investigators said on Monday.

Investigators from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released more information about Audrey Hale, the 28-year-old shooter who broke into an elementary school on March 27 and killed six people.

Police said that Hale fired 152 rounds, including 126 5.56 rifle rounds and 26 nine millimeter rounds from a handgun.

The motivation for the shooting is still under investigation.

‘In the collective writings by Hale found in her vehicle in the school parking lot, and others later found in the bedroom of her home, she documented, in journals, her planning over a period of months to commit mass murder at The Covenant School,’ police stated.

Investigators have not released the writings collected from the shooter, which are now being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia.

‘It is known that Hale considered the actions of other mass murderers,’ investigators said.

Hale was eventually killed by two Nashville police officers, Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo, who fired four rounds each.

The six victims from the shooting included three 9-year-old students, later identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs.

The adult victims included substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, custodian Mike Hill, and head teacher Dr Katherine Koonce.

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