The assailant had been receiving treatment for an 'emotional disorder,' Nashville's police chief said.
legally bought seven firearms from five local stores and used three of those weapons in Monday's attack. Police said the gun purchases were made over the past few years and hidden from the assailant's parents, with whom the shooter lived., felt their child shouldn't own any weapons. They believed that the shooter had only one weapon and sold it, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters on Tuesday.
The shooter had also been receiving treatment for an"emotional disorder" which had not been reported to authorities. People gather at an entry to Covenant School, which has become a memorial for shooting victims, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.Tennessee doesn't have a"red flag" law that could give police the authority to remove weapons from a person, Drake said. If it had been reported that the shooter was suicidal or intended to hurt another person then authorities would have tried to take the weapons away, the chief said.
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