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She hated being a girl; she hated her school.

Nashville - sneakers, camouflage pants, red baseball cap on backward. Footage from surveillance cameras at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, shows the horrifying attack. In the middle of a hallway stands Audrey Hale (28), dark vest, heavily armed, holding a black rifle.

Three dead children. Three deceased school employees. Again a terrible bloody deed shook the USA. Police identified Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, as the shooter. But, according to investigators, she is said to have gone to school earlier and felt like a man.

The shooter Audrey Hale (28)

It becomes clear: the 28-year-old had a detailed plan for the killing spree. Police Chief John Drake: "We have a manifesto; we have some writings that we're going through that relate to that date, the actual incident." And: "We have a map."

Killer Hale at a younger age.

She is said to have drawn them, marked possible entrances and exits, and scouted the site in an affluent area of Tennessee before the crime. Motive? It may be due to the 28-year-old's school days. The police chief told NBC that investigators believe the shooter had "a certain resentment about going to this school."

The first emergency call was received by the police shortly after 10 a.m. local time. When officers arrived, they were shot at. The 28-year-old fired from windows on the first floor of the school building and hit emergency vehicles. "When the officers got to the second floor, they saw a gunman, a woman, who was shooting," said one officer. Then, 14 minutes later, the attacker was killed by police officers.

They found three weapons on her: two rifles and a Smith & Wesson pistol (9 mm caliber) from the M&P Nine Shield EZ model series, built for self and home security—cost point: around 600 US dollars. The weapons were covered with stickers on the buttstock of one of the guns that read "Aiden," as Hale called himself on the Internet, among other things. According to the police, she had bought the guns legally.

A police officer takes evidence at a house in Nashville.

After the crime, investigators went into Hale's house and, according to "ABC," blew up an entrance. Inside: Two more shotguns.

 

The 9mm caliber pistol

The killer from Nashville - three adults and three school children- died in the terrible attack on the "Covenant School" (200 children, around 50 employees). Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs died. They were all only nine years old. Little Hallie was the daughter of a pastor, reports "CBS-news."

There is a sticker on the rifle's magazine; Aiden is written on the buttstock.

The city is in shock. Shortly after the school was attacked, children were taken to a nearby church to be with their parents. A woman: “People were shaking. The kids started their morning in cute little uniforms, had breakfast, and now their whole life has changed.”

Hale drove this Honda up to the school.

Sadness remains. Time and again, there are killing sprees in the USA. US singer Lenny Kravitz (58) commemorated the victims of Nashville at an event, saying: "America, we have to do better."

A man puts flowers at the school.

US President Joe Biden called the shooting a "family's worst nightmare" and again asked Congress to pass a ban on certain semi-automatic weapons.

Audrey Hale's mother campaigned for more gun control in the United States, reportedly sharing petitions on social media four years ago. In one, lawmakers were supposed to ban "high-capacity gun magazines." She shared another on keeping guns out of schools, saying it was "so important," the New York Post reported.

 

Mourners attend a church service in Nashville.

Nashville is in shock. There were several vigils in the evening. Candles, prayers, tears. A pastor: “We must resign. We need to breathe. We must mourn. We must remember. We need to make room for other mourners.”