Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, was the first victim of Monday's shooting at The Covenant School to have a funeral service, which happened Friday afternoon at a Nashville church.
The shooter, a former Covenant School student, also killed 9-year-old students William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs; Katherine Koonce, the 60-year-old head of the school; Cynthia Peak, a 61-year-old substitute teacher; and Mike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian, before police shot and killed the shooter inside the school, authorities said.that came from inside and outside the school as the carnage unfolded.
The teacher said she and 17 children were in a room and uninjured. The dispatcher warned her that she may have to face the shooter and fight."Stay where you're at, and don't come out until the police come, unless you need to flee or fight, OK?" the dispatcher instructed. "You may not want to go there without police, sir. You may need to go somewhere else and wait for police," the dispatcher told him.
Although investigators are continuing to dig for a possible motive for the shooting, officials believe the attack was planned and calculated, police have said. Police have referred to Hale as a "female shooter," and later said Hale was transgender and used male pronouns on a social media profile.& Design and graduated last year, the school's president told CNN. A LinkedIn profile indicates Hale worked as a freelance graphic designer and a part-time grocery shopper.
Andrew Maraniss, who demonstrated Thursday at the capitol and has children ages 9 and 12, spoke on the importance of protesting for safer gun laws.
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