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Nashville police have shared photos of the three weapons used by the trans school shooter who killed six, including three nine-year-old children and three staff members on Monday.
Audrey Hale, 28, is a transgender woman and alumnus of the school who wrote out her plans in a detailed manifesto.
Police shared a picture of three weapons Hale had been carrying when she shot her way into the Covenant Church/School building.
The weapons are believed to be two assault-type rifles and a 9 millimeter pistol. Officials said on Monday that two of the three weapons used in the shooting were bought legally.
She was also carrying a significant amount of ammunition.
One of the rifles was daubed with the word 'HELL' while the pistol had the shooter's new name, Aiden inscribed upon it.
When Hale pulled up to the school in her Honda Fit, the glass doors were locked. Hale shot her way inside firing at the doors to get onto the premises.
Nashville police have released photos of the three weapons used in the shooting, which included two assault-type rifles
The second of two rifles used in the shooting has been pictured by Nashville Police
A 9 millimeter pistol was also being carried by the shooter during the Monday murders
Hale also allegedly had planned out an attack on another school but decided not to attack there after believing there was too much security, according to Nashville Police Chief John Drake in a Monday afternoon press conference.
At around 10.13am, she opened fire at The Covenant School, shooting and killing nine-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney.
Substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, head of school Katherine Koonce, 60, and custodian Mike Hill, 61, were also killed.
Koonce worked alongside her daughter at The Covenant School. Anna Koonce serves as a faculty/student assistant.
Cops said Hale was transgender, although they haven't specified further details. She was born female, but a LinkedIn profile believed to be hers uses he/him pronouns, suggesting Hale was living as a man.
It's unclear what Hale's motive was, but police believe she attended the school at some
