The hero Nashville police officers who took out transgender female shooter Audrey Hale, 28, at Covenant Presbyterian School on Monday, did so as she attempted to reload after firing shots out of a second floor window at cars below.
Nashville Metro Police Chief John Drake also said in a press conference Tuesday that Hale demonstrated ‘some training to shoot from a higher level,’ and knew to stand ‘away from the glass so (he) wouldn’t be an easy target.’
In total, Hale shot-and-killed, three children and three employees of the school.
The three slain children were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. Also shot dead were Katherine Koonce, 60, the head of school; Mike Hill, 61, a school custodian; and Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher.
The brave cops who brought down Hale, entering the building without tactical armor, one armed only with a handgun, have been named as Officer Rex Engelbert and Officer Michael Collazo. They were part of a five man team that hunted Hale through the building.
09:53am – Hale arrives at The Covenant School in Nashville in gray Honda Fit
09:53am – Hale arrives at The Covenant School in Nashville in gray Honda Fit
Hale’s gray Honda Fit is seen arriving at The Covenant School in Nashville.
Security cameras captured her driving into the mostly empty parking lot of the school and the adjacent Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Chief Drake said police are still investigating what drove the killer to open fire on Monday morning at the Presbyterian school, where she used to be a student.
He said in an interview with NBC News that investigators believe the killer had ‘some resentment for having to go to that school.’
09:54am – Hale calmly drives through parking lot
Hale is seen driving through the parking lot, seeming calm.
Nothing suggests anything is out of the ordinary as she finds a spot to park, driving past a few parked cars.
10:10am – Hale opens fire shattering glass door into church
The glass front doors, which were locked, are shattered as Hale opens fire.
Pieces of glass fall to the floor as most of the two double doors is broken byt he gunfire.
She then steps through the frame of the destroyed glass door, with debris on the floor around her.
Hale then steps into the empty reception of the church, which is adjacent to the school.
09:54am – Hale calmly drives through parking lot
10:10am – Hale opens fire shattering glass door into church
10:13am – First 911 call is made as killer stalks rooms for victims
Brandishing her assault rifle, Hale is seen entering a carpeted room inside the church, looking for any victims.
The room seems empty, as Hale exits it again a short time after entering.
The first call to 911 about shots being fired in the building came in at this time.
10:13am – First 911 call is made as killer stalks rooms for victims
10:18am – Hale continues searching through doors for victims
Hale is seen on the same camera inside the church still looking for victims, turning left and right holding her riffle.
She opens a door into the next room and steps inside.
10:18am – Hale continues searching through doors for victims
10:19am – The 28-year-old continues to stalk rooms
Hale returns through the door, and aims her gun, although there is no one there.
Hale looks around pointing her riffle. Just 30 seconds later, she tries another door.
She steps through the door while she is aiming her gun.
10:19am – The 28-year-old continues to stalk rooms
10:20am – Hale is in the main school and walks pasts reception and starts shooting
Hale is now walking through a wooden-floored building labelled ‘first’ in the footage, past an empty reception.
She stalks the corridor, then disappears from view. In the next four minutes without footage, Hale shoots six people.
She shot and killed head teacher Katherine Koonce in the hallway in an ‘assassination’ style killing, in addition to shooting church custodian Mike Hill and substitute teacher Cynthia Peak.
Hale also murdered three nine-year-old students; Hallie Scraggs, William Kinney and Evelyn Dieckhaus.
Police do not believe any of the students were specifically targeted.
10:20am – Hale is in the main school and walks pasts reception and starts shooting
10:21am – Cops arrived to find a panicked woman outside the school and a male standing beside a tree. The woman told them: ‘They’re upstairs!’
The officers are shown making their entrance to the building
10:21am – The first police arrive on the scene and enter through the main school doors
The start of the Nashville police video shows an officer retrieving a rifle from his trunk as a staff member tells him that the school is locked down but that two children are unaccounted for.
‘Let’s go! I need three!’ the officer yells as he uses a key to unlock a door and enter the building, where alarms can be heard ringing.
10:23am – The officers clear class rooms as they ascend to the second floor towards Hale’s perched position
The video shows officers passing by bulletin boards and cubbies as they clear one room after another.
10:24am – Officers encounter what appears to be a deceased person as they close in on Hale
When the officers reach the second floor, one says, ‘We’ve got one down,’ before they race down the hallway to confront the shooter.
Officers move swiftly down the hall as intermittent shots can be heard in the distance.
10:24am – Hale is shot dead
Nashville Metropolitan Police Officer Rex Englebert fired first with his rifle. He is shown, right, approaching the shooter yesterday
Officer Michael Collazo, who was armed with a handgun, fired four shots at Hale. He then approached her body to strip it of weapons and checked if she was still alive
Seconds later, Officer Engelbert and Officer Collazo both fire several rounds at the suspect. The video shows the assailant still moving on the ground as another officer repeatedly yells, ‘Get your hands away from the gun!’
Earlier statements from police said that Hale had engaged with the officers, in the video, it does not appear that the shooter fired before being killed.
Hale was standing in front of a large window on a second floor atrium of The Covenant School.
Police previously released surveillance footage showing the shooter arriving at the school and gaining entry by shooting through a glass door.
The suspect is seen stalking through empty hallways as emergency lights flash, brandishing a rifle and entering rooms, seemingly looking for people.
10:24am – Hale is shot dead on the second floor of the school
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
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