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Editor's Note: According to a New York Times update, Nashville Chief of Police John Drake stated that the Covenant School shooter was Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, and identified as transgender. He did not indicate how police concluded Hale was transgender. The Trans Journalists Association *
issued a statement *urging caution around using that descriptor._
On March 27, 2023, a female shooter entered the Covenant School, a private Christian school for preschool to sixth grade, and opened fire, killing six, as *
reported* by The New York Times: