Nashville authorities released 911 calls from the Covenant School that were made after the shooter entered on Monday. Callers could be heard pleading in hushed tones for officers to arrive while children cried and whispered in the background.
The Covenant School, which has around 209 students and 40 to 50 staff members, is the latest site of a mass school shooting. Audrey Hale, 28, entered the school on Monday and fired at random before being shot and killed by police officers. The shooter was killed 14 minutes after the initial 911 call.Police released recordings of three 911 calls made by people in the school Monday morning.
“All I saw was a man holding an assault rifle shooting through the door. It was — he’s currently in the second grade hallway, upstairs,” the second man said, per the Associated Press. “White man. With camouflage. He had a vest on and an assault rifle.”A second call was placed just before 10:13 a.m., and a woman told the dispatcher she was hiding in an art room closet. She said she could hear gunshots.
"I think we have a shooter at our church,” he said. “I’m on the second floor in a room. I think the shooter is on the second floor.” The release of the 911 calls comes the same day as hundreds of people gathered at the Tennessee state Capitol to protest and call for stronger gun control reform. Per state law, there are no requirements for background checks or training for handgun owners in Tennessee. Tennessee enacted a law in July 2021 that allowed the carry of handguns without a permit, concealed or unconcealed, for anyone over 21.
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