by A suicide note, weapons and ammunition belonging to Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale were found by officers serving a search warrant at the shooter’s home, according to authorities.
The warrant also revealed that the shooter’s 28th birthday was March 24, three days before the riot at the Christian school.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released a list of 47 items and groups of items it found belonging to the shooter, including multiple newspapers, two shotguns, cell phones and laptop computers.
Officers said they found “3 folders, 19 journals” and included firearms courses and school shootings in brackets near the entrance, according to the search warrant. The police department declined to provide further details.
They also found a school photo and five yearbooks. from The Covenant School, where the shooter, a former student, fatally shot six people, including three children, on March 27. It is not clear what years the yearbooks were from.
The shooter had been under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed emotional disorder and hid weapons in the family home without the parents’ knowledge, police said.
According to officials, the shooter legally purchased seven guns at five local stores and later sold one of the firearms. Three of the weapons were used in the shooting.
Last Monday, the shooter fired multiple rounds at a door at The Covenant School and gained access to it.
The shooter had planned the attack for months, according to journals police found in the shooter’s car and bedroom.
Police said the shooter, acting alone, fired 152 rounds, including 126 from a 5.56 rifle and 26 from a 9mm.
Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo fired at the attacker, each with four shots. Engelbert and Collazo, who have not spoken publicly, will give a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
Students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9, were killed along with substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, the school’s principal. Katherine Konce60, and janitor Mike Hill, 61.
