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ALGOOD, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Algood Police Department has launched an investigation after discovering a decomposing body inside an apartment complex on Thursday. The body was unidentifiable due to the severe state of decomposition, according to police. Police believe the death could be related to an ongoing missing person case...

Decomposing body found in apartment complex in Putnam Co.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Emergency officials have released 911 calls related to the mass school shooting in Nashville on Monday. Six victims were shot and killed after 28-year-old Audrey Hale entered The Covenant School and opened fire. Hale was later killed by Metro police officers who arrived at 10:24 a.m.

‘Please hurry’: Covenant School shooting 911 calls released

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Audrey Hale, the school shooter who killed three children and three staff members in a violent school shooting Monday, repeatedly trained at local gun ranges before the mass murder, WSMV4 Investigates has confirmed. Hale took three defensive handgun training classes at the Royal Range USA in...

Before shooting, Audrey Hale repeatedly trained at local gun ranges

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Officer Rex Engelbert was the first officer to open the doors to The Covenant School after reports of a school shooting on Monday morning in Nashville. Engelbert, a four-year Metro Police veteran, quickly unlocked and opened the door after a school staffer told him that...

TIMELINE: Nashville school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Metro Nashville Public Schools bus drivers are among the many being hailed as heroes after Monday’s mass shooting at Covenant School. Seven drivers, who were working at the bus depot between driving routes, dropped everything and sprinted to get behind their wheels after getting a call about the shooting.

Bus drivers rescue students from Covenant School shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Audrey Hale, who police say killed three children and three staff members at The Covenant School Monday, cited a quote from a popular children’s book in her yearbook and hugged stuffed animals in a photo. While most people change considerably since high school, the photos...

From hugging stuffed animals to school shooter: how Audrey Hale changed in nine years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Video from a Hillsboro Pike business shows children and staff members from The Covenant School running across the busy highway shortly after the shooting at the school on Monday. The video shows people running out of the woods that are between the school and Hillsboro Pike....

Video shows kids running across Hillsboro Pike to escape school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Walmart in Berry Hill was evacuated after Berry Hill police say they received a call from someone who said they were in the bathroom at the store with a bomb. Berry Hill police said when they arrived at the Walmart on 2421 Powell Avenue, they...

Berry Hill Walmart evacuated after bomb threat, according to Berry Hill Police Chief

Tennessee State

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Thousands of people made their way inside the Tennessee State Capitol to demand stricter gun laws. As they made their way up the Capitol steps, they all had their signs, their reasons for gun control. But one man stayed hours after because he had an extra reason.

Son fights for gun reform after dad helps officer enter Covenant School

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Monday was an ordinary day for Vanderbilt Children’s trauma surgeon Dr. Joe Fusco. He started his morning making normal rounds at 6 a.m. and was getting ready to head into a surgery when he got a call about a reported mass shooting at Covenant School.

‘We just had no chance’: Doctors recount effort to save Covenant School victims

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Pleasant View, TN

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WSMV) - A car burst into flames off I-24 West in Cheatham County on Thursday morning. The car caught fire around 5 a.m. near exit 24 for Highway 49 in Pleasant View. Fire crews arrived on the scene and extinguished the flames within minutes. Tennessee Highway Patrol...

Car catches fire off interstate in Pleasant View

Franklin, TN

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - The High Hopes Development Center held a vigil in honor of one of its former students. Evelyn Dieckhaus, age 9, was one of the victims in the deadly shooting on Monday at The Covenant School. More than 100 people gathered in the parking lot of High...

Vigil held to remember Evelyn Dieckhaus

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The school custodian killed during Monday’s shooting at a Nashville private school is being called a hero by a woman who says he impacted her life. Nikki Roberts said she was in a dark place when Mike Hill was “a hero to this single...

‘Mr. Mike’s got you’: Slain custodian called hero after school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Lt. Gov. Randy McNally sent a letter to Gov. Bill Lee Wednesday with a proposal to increase security at Tennessee schools following Monday’s mass shooting at a Nashville private school. “Like you, I was deeply affected by the attack on the Covenant School earlier...

Lt. Gov. McNally proposes security changes after Nashville school shooting

New Jersey State

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - If you find yourself needing a little therapy after Monday’s tragedy, there’s a team of furry friends in town that could help. Six teams of dogs and their handlers from the Crisis Response Canines are in Nashville this week following the tragedy at the Covenant School. Crisis Response Canines is a nationwide 501c3 volunteer organization based in New Jersey. These dogs are specially trained to comfort and emotionally support people after a traumatic event.

Crisis Response Canines in Nashville following school shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Wednesday night, after a vigil downtown, to mourn the six lives lost in The Covenant School shooting, a group of people came together to walk and demand changes from lawmakers. They say the lawmakers on Tennessee’s Capitol Hill need to make stricter laws when it comes...

Mourners walk for Covenant shooting victims demanding change from lawmakers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The obituary for Evelyn Dieckhaus, a student who was shot and killed Monday during the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, sheds light on one of the young lives lost in tragedy. Dieckhaus, 9, was one of six victims killed during the school...

Covenant victim Evelyn Dieckhaus remembered for ‘unmistakable warmth’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - For weeks, tornado sirens in the city have not been working and are still in need of repair as Nashville prepares for severe weather Friday night. “I’m a nurse, so just hearing that would be vital probably,” Sallie Brown said. She says she took...

Nashville tornado sirens in need of repair weeks after storm

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - First Lady Jill Biden visited the memorial at The Covenant School before attending the vigil downtown on Wednesday. Biden arrived at the memorial at the street leading to the school on Burton Hills Boulevard just before 5 p.m. She exited her vehicle and walked to each of the six photos displayed and placed her hand on each. She then walked back and placed flowers at the memorial.

Jill Biden visits Nashville shooting memorial, attends citywide vigil

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - University of Tennessee Head Football Coach Josh Heupel opened his comments at UT’s Pro Day by addressing the recent shooting at Nashville’s Covenant Presbyterian School Thursday. The shooting happened Monday, Nashville authorities said, when a 28-year-old former student entered the Christian school with two...

Tennessee Head Football Coach addresses Nashville shooting at UT Pro Day

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Severe weather is expected late Friday night into Saturday morning in Middle Tennessee. Strong to severe thunderstorms will move in from west to east. They could reach the Tennessee River as early as right around sunset. The severe threat window in Nashville will be between...

Severe weather tool kit: Power outage maps, emergency contacts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A bill that would allow teachers to carry a concealed handgun is scheduled to go before state lawmakers today. SB 1325 is sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey and would authorize faculty or staff members of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds under certain conditions, according to the proposal.

Bill would allow teachers to carry guns at school

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - We’ll see some off-and-on rain showers during the day today and one or two spots may hear a rumble of thunder as well. However, there is no severe weather threat this afternoon and temperatures will top off in the upper 60s to the lower and even mid-70s in parts of the Mid State.

First Alert Weather Day: Potential for severe storms tonight

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -After a gorgeous spring day, Friday will be wet and windy with strong-severe thunderstorms moving through Friday night. The weekend looks wonderful. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

First Alert Forecast: Severe storms possible Friday night

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It’ll be sunny & gorgeous this afternoon, in advance of strong-severe thunderstorms that will move through tomorrow night. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

First Alert Forecast: Beautiful Thursday, Then Stormy Friday Night

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Today is going to be an absolutely beautiful day across the Mid State with plenty of sunshine and temperatures climbing back to nearly 70 this afternoon. A few showers and perhaps a quick rumble of thunder move in late tonight with lows dropping into the mid...

First Alert Forecast: Another beautiful day expected

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Man dies from gunshot wound in Murfreesboro

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) - A 20-year-old man has died after he was shot while sitting inside a parked car in Murfreesboro on Wednesday evening. Officers responded...

Man dies from gunshot wound in Murfreesboro

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