Funerals for the Nashville school shooting victims start with Evelyn Dieckhaus

Audrey Hale, who was 28, was a member of the Covenant School. She shot and killed William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, both nine years old.

Katherine Koonce, 60, the head of the school, Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher, and Mike Hill, 61, the guardian of the school, were also killed in the killing.

After a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 28, 2023, people pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for the dead at the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church. — AFP
After a shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 28, 2023, people pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for the dead at the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church. — AFP
After getting to the scene, the police shot and killed Hale and found assault weapons and a handgun.

Clay Stauffer, the head priest of Nashville’s Woodmont Christian Church, told CBS, “Evelyn was a very special little girl. She was a bright spot, a source of happiness.”

On Saturday, Elvin will be put to rest in a private family service.

Mary Habibian holds a sign that says “Why? Why?” at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a shooting at the Covenant School site in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 29, 2023. — AFP
Mary Habibian is holding a sign that says “Why? Why?” at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a shooting at the Covenant School grounds in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 29, 2023. — AFP
“We’ve been making progress by getting together, liking each other, and helping each other. shedding tears together and praying together. “We’ll get through this,” Stauffer said.

A woman who said she was a teacher and whose calls were made public by the police said, “Please send someone soon.”

The dispatcher told her that the cops were already at the school and were trying to find you.

The teacher, meanwhile, said that she might have to fight with the shooter Hale because there were 17 kids in the room.

According to the phone call, the dispatcher told the teacher to stay where she was and not come out unless there was a need to fight or a chance to run away.

The shooting at the Nashville school was the 19th in a school or college this year.