Teacher's daughter says children hid in classroom as Nashville shooting started trends now
The daughter of one of the teachers at the private school where three nine-year-old children and three staff members were fatally shot Monday said her mother hid out in a closet with her students.
Six people - including three children - are dead after transgender female shooter Audrey Hale opened fire at Covenant Presbyterian School in Nashville.
Avery Myrick, whose mother has been a pre-K teacher there for over a decade, said she was unsure if her mother was safe.
Myrick eventually received the call that she had gotten out alive and detailed how she and her students were hiding out from the 28-year-old shooter Hale.
'She said they were hiding in the closet, and there was shooting all over,' Myrick said. '[She said] they had potentially tried to get into her room.'
Avery Myrick (pictured), whose mother has been a pre-K teacher at Covenant Presbyterian School for over a decade, said she was unsure if her mother was safe
Myrick told WSMV that she was heartbroken for people who hadn't gotten the same call she did to tell her that her mother was safe.
At around 10.13am, Hale opened fire at The Covenant School, shooting and killing nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney.
Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, the pastor at the affiliated presbyterian church.
Substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, head of school Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, and custodian Mike Hill, 61, were also killed.
It's unclear what Hale's motive was, but police believe she attended the school at some point. She had detailed, drawn maps of the school and had been surveilling it, according to police.
'We have a manifesto, we have some writings. We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place,' Nashville Police John Chief Drake said.
The small school is run by a church and does not employ a school resource officer.
Shortly before 10.13am, the woman entered the school by shooting through a locked side door and began opening fire on the second floor.
Myrick told WSMV that she was heartbroken for people who hadn't gotten the same call she did to tell her that her mother was safe
Hallie Scruggs is seen with her father Chad Scruggs, the pastor at the Presbyterian church affiliated with the school
Katherine Koonce, head of school (left), and Mike Hill, a custodian (right) were among those shot dead by Audrey Hale
Audrey Hale, 28, opened fire at a Nashville school on Monday, killing six
Hale's LinkedIn profile suggested they were now living as a man
A terrified child presses her hand against the glass of a school bus window after being evacuated from The Covenant School
Children hold hands as they leave The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday after a female shooter opened fire, killing three kids and three staff members
Terrified children peer out the windows of their school bus as they wait to be driven away from the school after the shooting
Children from The Covenant School run past an ambulance on Monday after a female shooter opened fire, killing three staff members and three students, before being shot by police
A father carries his son out of The Covenant School in Nashville after a shooter killed three students and two staff members before being shot dead
Police arrived at the scene and heard the gunshots coming from the 2nd floor.
By 10.27am, she had been shot dead. She was armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun.
Parents have been told to collect their children from a nearby church, but no other information has been given.
'I know this is probably the worst day of everyone's lives.
'I can't tell you how sympathetic we are,' a Metro Police officer was heard telling the parents as they waited at a nearby church for updates.
Neighbors of the school watched as parents frantically rushed to the scene to find their children.
'Everyone as a parent are terrified.
Parents collect their children from The Covenant School in Nashville on Monday
A family prays together after being reunited outside The Covenant School in Nashville
A man carries a child at the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Nashville
A man walks with children at a reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a shooting at The Covenant School
Adults walk with a child at a reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist Church
Adults walk with a child at a reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist Church after the shooting
A man takes two children home from The Covenant School after Monday's shooting
Two adults escort terrified kids away from the Covenant School on Monday after a school shooting
Children and adults wait outside The Covenant School in Nashville following the
