Nashville School Shooting Update: Officials Find Shooter's Suicide Note, Shotgun

Authorities are still searching for the attacker's motive in committing the school shooting

Nashville police officers executing a search order at the residence of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale uncovered a suicide note, guns, and ammo that belonged to the attacker.

Nashville shooting update stated that several journals, a shotgun, cell phones, and laptops were among the 47 things the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reported they recovered. According to NBC News, they also found notebooks and files on handgun training and school attacks.

Nashville police also discovered a school picture of Hale and five yearbooks from her time at The Covenant School, where the attacker carried on the tragic Nashville school shooting.

On March 27, Audrey Hale killed six people at the Covenant School, including three kids and three teachers. Nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, together with Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher, 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill, and 60-year-old principal Katherine Koonce, all lost their lives in the Nashville school shooting.

Audrey Hale fired 152 rounds while inside the structure, per a previous HNGN report.

Tennessee Governor To Bolster School Security In Light of Nashville School Shooting

On Friday, Governor Bill Lee announced his intention to introduce legislation to strengthen school security throughout Tennessee. He signified his willingness to explore a provision similar to the red flag laws passed in other jurisdictions, including Florida.

The Tennessee governor's proposal, which needs legislative approval, would extend an existing idea to station an armed guard at every public school in Tennessee and support similar measures at private schools, according to a report from The Tennessean.

While the measure cannot compel private schools to participate in the program, the state would demand that guards at private schools have the same degree of training as guards at public schools in Tennessee.

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Tennessee, Nashville, United States, Gun control
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