Shooting in Nashville: the attacker bought seven guns, despite the fact that he was in treatment

The man who attacked the school Nashville (Tennessee) and killed three adults and three children, he had seven legally acquired handguns despite being treated for an “emotional breakdown”.

Chief of the Nashville Metropolitan Police, John Drakeoffered on Tuesday new details about the incident committed yesterday Audrey HaleThe 28-year-old is officially identified as a transgender woman, although she referred to herself as “he” on her social media.

Audrey Hale he legally purchased at least seven weapons from various stores in the city, which he hid in his home, and attacked the school with three of them, a pistol, and two machine guns before being shot dead by police.

According to Drake, Hale was “under medical supervision” due to “an emotional breakdown”. His own parents, questioned by the police, believed that he “should not own a gun”, but they believed that he had already sold one gun and “no longer owns”.

Nobody reported that Audrey Hale he had a firearm with him, so the police had no way to take it away. “If we were told that he was suicidal or about to kill someone, and they let us know, we would try to get this weapon, but in its current form we had absolutely no idea who this person was,” Drake said. .

Videos of attack

Nashville Police yesterday, Tuesday, posted a video of the moment Hale was gunned down by officers after he killed three nine-year-olds and three adults after just over ten minutes at Covenant School, the private Christian center he attended.

The video, filmed through the body camera of one of the agents, shows the actions of the police for six minutes from the moment the troops arrived on the scene until they finally killed Hale.

According to Everytown for Gun Safety, there have been at least 30 gun incidents at schools across the United States this year, resulting in 8 deaths and 23 injuries. (AFP)