Audrey Elizabeth Hale

Audrey Elizabeth Hale was an American trans man who killed several people during a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on 27 March 2023. Hale was born female but identified as male. Hale had recently started using the name Aiden and was 28 at the time of the attack.

Six people, including three children, are dead as a result of the attack at the Covenant Presbyterian Church School.The school curriculum includes Christian theology as well as secular subjects.

Hale was a former student at the school and was shot dead by police inside the school building.

Evidence was found at Hale's residence that the attack was premeditated and that an alternative site had been considered but rejected due to greater security.

Victims

Audrey Elizabeth Hale murdered the following people.

Name	Age	Role	Gender
Evelyn Dieckhaus	9	Student	Female
Hallie Scruggs	9	Student	Female
William Kinney	9	Student	Male
Cynthia Peak	61	Substitute teacher	Female
Katherine Koonce	60	Head of school	Female
Mike Hill	61	Custodian	Male

Primary school, also known as elementary school, usually covers the first 5-7 years of a child's education, depending on jurisdiction.