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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Parents in the Greater Nashville area are holding their loved ones closer after Monday’s school shooting at The Covenant School in Green Hills. Parents say they are heartbroken for the victims’ families. They are demanding action to be taken by district leaders and...

Nashville parents demand greater school safety on the heels of the Covenant shooting

Sports have always been a way to bring people together, and now as the Nashville community continues to mourn the Covenant School tragedy, Nashville's sports teams are trying to help. The Nashville Predators faced the Boston Bruins Tuesday night at TD Garden, where both teams wore decals with the logo...

Nashville sports step up to support Covenant Community

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Nashville is grieving the loss of six victims in The Covenant School shooting. “I would swear on the Bible that he would have laid his life down for those kids,” a close friend and colleague that knew Mike Hill said. “She was always just...

GALLERY: Photos of victims in The Covenant School shooting in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A former classmate of the Nashville school mass shooter who is also a teacher says she is "angry that she [shooter] would do something so evil and hurtful." Samira Hardcastle is a former classmate of shooter Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old who targeted The Covenant School, killing three children and three staff members.

'Angry,' 'Unfathomable': Nashville shooter's former classmates grapple with emotions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A night of prayer, tears, and words of encouragement, as hundreds gathered in Public Square Park downtown to lift up those impacted by Monday's deadly school shooting. MNPD Chief Drake read off the names: Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Mike Hill, 61, William Kinney, 9, Katherine Koonce,...

Community gathers for citywide prayer vigil in wake of Nashville school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The 28-year-old female who heinously murdered three 9-year-olds and three revered adults at The Covenant School in Green Hills also targeted other locations. Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) Chief John Drake on Tuesday spoke with media, revealing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and MNPD are combing through a manifesto and writings left behind by shooter Audrey Hale.

The 'other school': Nashville shooter evaluated attacking another school

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — WARNING: Video in this story is graphic and may be disturbing to some. Discretion is advised. We’re now seeing firsthand the moments Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officers rushed into The Covenant School amid gunfire, combed the building, and stopped the shooter from taking any more lives.

'We will not wait': Nashville police respond to school, take out shooter in 14 minutes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Nashville mass shooter identifying as transgender was a former student of the Nashville private Christian school involved in the mass shooting Monday. Although she had no criminal history, police say 28-year-old Audrey Hale did battle with mental health issues. Police say Hale purchased seven...

Police say Nashville shooter's parents 'felt she should not own weapons'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Body camera video shows the methodic ways Metro Police responded to The Covenant School shooting. FOX 17 News spoke with former Metro Police Department trainer Bob Allen on the officers’ response to the shooting. Allen helped establish the department’s active shooter training program, which...

'Role models:' Former MNPD trainer on Nashville police response to mass school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Three kids. These are the victims of the mass shooting at The Covenant School in the Green Hills area of Nashville Monday. Many celebrities took to Twitter to share their sentiments in reaction to the tragic event. One of them was Tennessee Titans running back...

'Heartbroken and sick': Tennessee Titans' Derrick Henry reacts to Nashville mass shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Uvalde Foundation, which formed in response to a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, has commemorated the Nashville officers who responded to the tragedy at The Covenant School. The founder of Uvalde Foundation For Kids, President Dr. Michael Stevens, said Metro Nashville Police...

'Heroic Action': Uvalde Foundation awards Nashville officers for mass shooting response

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Two of the Metro Police officers who rushed into The Covenant School and fired the shots stopping the shooter are being hailed as heroes. Both Officer Rex Englebert and Officer Michael Collazo stormed the building with their teams of first responders, as the suspect fired down from a second floor window.

Who are the Metro Officers who confronted the Covenant shooter?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Three students and three staff members were killed Monday in a mass shooting at The Covenant School. Diana Apple is the longtime administrative assistant at the school. Her son Alex Apple, a former FOX 17 News employee, shared what she witnessed that day. “There's no...

Son of longtime Covenant staffer recounts horrifying moments his mom endured

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The man convicted in the deadly road rage shooting of a Nashville ICU nurse will spend 25 years behind bars, the maximum he could have received. During a sentencing hearing earlier this month, 23-year-old Devaunte Hill apologized to Caitlyn Kaufman’s family for taking their daughter’s life.

Man who admitted to killing Nashville nurse on interstate gets 25 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Nashville mass shooter Audrey Hale reached out to a former basketball teammate before killing three kids and three adults at Covenant School in Nashville, according to CNN. Averianna Patton, a former basketball teammate of Hale, spoke to CNN saying that Hale reached out moments before...

Nashville school mass shooter reached out to former basketball teammate before tragedy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Headmaster killed during The Covenant School mass shooting is being hailed as a hero for trying to stop the attack. Head of School Katherine Koonce was among the victims during Monday's mass shooting which claimed the lives of three 9-year-old children, a custodian, substitute teacher, and Koonce.

Another Hero: Covenant School head Katherine Koonce stopped meeting, confronted shooter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — FOX 17 News investigates the timeline of events leading up to Monday’s murders at The Covenant School and how soon Metro Police took to locate and kill the suspect. Metro Police say they responded within eight minutes of receiving the “shots fired” call and...

Tracking the crucial timeline of Covenant School mass shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The Nashville school shooter who killed three children and three staffers at The Covenant School left what appear to be personal references on the weapons used during the attack. Audrey Hale, identified by Metro Nashville Police as the shooter, was described by police as a “biological female” who was...

Nashville school shooter emblazoned weapons with possible personal references

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Actress Melissa Joan Hart revealed this week she was at the scene of the mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Hart took to Instagram where she broke down in tears describing helping "tiny" kindergarteners cross the street as they climbed out of the woods to flee from the shooter.

Teary-eyed Melissa Joan Hart details moments she helped kids flee Nashville shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The family of a nine-year-old girl shot dead at school Monday morning has released a statement. Evelyn Dieckhaus was one of six victims gunned down at The Covenant School in Green Hills. Her family released a statement obtained by CNN, saying they are heartbroken and "cannot believe this happened."

Family of 9-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus releases statement after Nashville shooting

Nashville, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Code Red Weather Alert has been issued by FOX 17 News. Severe storms are expected to move into our area Friday. A line of storms are expected to form in the west and move this way. The current estimated tornado threat is low, if...

Code Red Weather: Severe storms expected Friday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — "People are struggling." These are words directly from Harvard and Stanford alum, physician, and Chief Health Officer of Crisis Text Line Dr. Shairi Turner. Tragedy struck Monday morning at 10:10 a.m. when police confirm 28-year-old Audrey Hale gunned down an elementary school in Nashville. Three...

'People Are Struggling': A doctor offers grief advice as Nashville community mourns

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Popular Christian singer Lauren Daigle is holding a citywide prayer vigil for the Covenant School shooting victims in place of her concert at Marathon Music Works in Nashville Monday night. In a statement on Instagram, she said. Today’s shooting is truly heartbreaking for our Nashville...

Singer Lauren Daigle replaces Nashville performance with prayer vigil for shooting victims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — After three children and three adults lost their lives in a Nashville private school shooting, the community is coming together in prayer at several prayer vigils. FOX 17 News will continue updating this list as local churches, schools, and community groups provide information of vigils...

Prayer vigils to be held for lost lives in Covenant School shooting in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — In light of the tragic mass shooting that killed three young students and three staff members at a small, private school in Nashville, children and families are facing grief and holding each other more tightly than ever. However, children and families can find solace in...

SUPPORT: Resources for grieving children, families amid Covenant School mass shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Nashville shooter Audrey Hale reached out to a former basketball teammate, Averianna Patton, before killing three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville, Patton says. Patton says she received a message from Hale, the 28-year-old suspect Monday morning a little after 10.

'My Last Goodbye': Covenant shooter messaged former teammate prior to killing six

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — For the first time, we are hearing the chilling calls the shooter’s former teammate made just moments before Audrey Hale killed six people. This three-minute phone call gives us some insight into the help Averianna Patton was trying to get. Six innocent lives were...

Chilling call former teammate made to dispatchers minutes before six killed at Covenant

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Nashville ranks fifth highest for rent: report

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) – A study shows middle Tennessee rent is up roughly 11.7 percent year over year. The median rent for Nashville, Davidson, Murfreesboro and...

Nashville ranks fifth highest for rent: report

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