Police are only at the beginning of the investigation into the murder in Nashville, Tennessee. However, some details about the 28-year-old perpetrator have already become known. As reported, she caused a massacre with six dead at her former school on Monday. According to the police, the act was well planned and there was also an attack on the list of the shooter, who identified himself as transgender. Police reported a “manifesto” found. There is already a “theory about the perpetrator”.
Police received a report at the school around 10 a.m. local time. “When officers got to the second floor, they saw a gunman, a woman, shooting,” police spokesman Don Aaron said. The cops shot them. The gunman gained entry to the school by shooting through one of the doors, Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference early that evening. She had detailed plans of the school, including access points to the building. In addition, she left behind a “manifesto” and other documents that detectives are now investigating that could provide information about the previously unclear motive.
The 28-year-old, who attended primary school herself in the past, identifies as transgender. Transgender people are people who do not – or do not only – identify themselves with the gender that was determined at birth. Everything else about the personal history and whether there is any connection to the crime is not yet known. “There is currently a theory that we may be able to talk about later, but it has not been confirmed,” Police Commissioner John Drake said at a press conference early Monday evening. According to police, the woman had legally obtained her weapons, two assault rifles and a handgun.
The school is said to be a private Christian institution. According to the website, children are taught there from first to sixth grade. There is also a kindergarten there. According to the local newspaper The Tennessean, about 200 children go there. A mother told American television that her daughter had written to her that she and her classmates had been hiding in the closet during the incident. According to the police, the 28-year-old had originally planned a second attack site. However, the security measures at the location, which are not described in detail, were probably “too strict” for the perpetrator. According to CNN, the shooter had worked as a graphic designer and as a part-time employee at a grocery store.
The dead are three nine-year-old schoolchildren and three teachers. In the meantime, recordings have also surfaced from the school building showing the murder. These are currently being reviewed by researchers.
Source: Krone
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