Killed Nashville school headteacher bravely 'ran towards gunfire' as massacre began
Hale, 28, was seen on CCTV blasting through the glass doors to get into the school, then roamed the corridors armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle.Hale was shot dead by police 14 minutes after they arrived at the scene, with harrowing bodycam footage showing how police rush through the corridor before killing them.There have been suggestions Hale was angry at her Christian upbringing.
Police found a manifesto detailing how the attack would go down, which Nashville police chief John Drake said was filled with "resentment".Dr Koonce was said to have died rushing to the gunfire.Mike Hill, 61, a custodian, was also killed in the massacre. Tim Dunavant, a pastor at Hartsville First United Methodist Church – who had hired Mr Hill at the school – said: "I don't know the details yet. But I have a feeling, when it all comes out, Mike's sacrifice saved lives.
Chief Drake said: "We have a manifesto. We have some writings that we're going over that pertain to this day, the actual incident. We have a map drawn out about how this was all going to take place.""We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church.
"We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing." President Joe Biden, who announced he would visit Nashville, has called the shooting "sick" and urged Congress to pass his proposed ban on assault weapons.
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