
Nashville school shooter’s manifesto images leaked; mayor demands investigation
By Lauren Taylor (Reporter/Producer), Zachary Hill (Video Editor)
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Pages from the Nashville Covenant School shooter’s manifesto have been released by popular conservative podcaster Steven Crowder. The release comes seven months after Audrey Hale, 28, killed six people, including three children, at the school in March.

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According to police, Hale was born female and identified as transgender.
Court documents show that Hale left behind more than a dozen journals, a suicide note and a memoir.
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On the day of the shooting, Nashville’s Police Chief John Drake confirmed police had the writings in possession.
Drake appeared on “CBS Morning” on March 28, the day after the shooting.
“So, we have a manifesto,” Drake told CBS. “We have a booklet that shows exactly what she had planned to do. We have maps that show the entry point into the school.”
In the months following the shooting, several organizations filed lawsuits, calling for the release of Hale’s manifesto. The organizations cited that the public has a right to know what Hale wrote and left behind.
Over the summer, victims’ parents also filed declarations to prevent the release of the manifesto. The parents argued that the manifesto release could inspire copycat shooters.
Then on Nov. 6, more than seven months later, “Louder with Crowder” host Steven Crowder detailed three pages of Hale’s writings on his show.
The images of the writings say in part:
“Kill those kids!!!
Those crackers
Going to private fancy schools
With those fancy kwakis [sic] and sports backpacks
With their daddies mustangs and convertables [sic]
Wanna kill all you little crackers
With your white privlages [sic]”
“Dark Abyss
Death day 03/27/23
Today is the day yes.
The day has finally come!
I can’t believe its here…
(God let my wrath take over my anxiety)
I hope I have a high death count.
Ready to die, haha”
“You have now allowed this woman, who terrorized our family with bullets, to now be able to terrorize us with words from the grave,” said Brent Leatherwood, a spokesperson claiming to represent Covenant families. “How could you? What kind of a person does this?”
“I am greatly disturbed by today’s unauthorized release of three pages of writings from the covenant shooter,” Chief Drake said in a statement regarding the leak. “This action showed a total disregard for Covenant families, as well as the court system, which has control of the shooter’s journals at the present time due to litigation filed earlier this year.”
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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell has ordered an investigation into how the images of Hale’s manifesto were released.
There is currently no national standard on how and when to release writings or manifestos from mass shooters. For example, in November 2022, a Virginia Walmart employee shot and killed 6 of his co-workers and police released his writings within a few days of the shooting. Then in February of 2023, a gunman shot and killed three people on the Michigan State campus, and within days, police released the killer’s writings.
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[Lauren Taylor | Anchor]
PAGES FROM THE NASHVILLE COVENANT SCHOOL SHOOTER’S MANIFESTO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY POPULAR CONSERVATIVE PODCASTER STEVEN CROWDER – SEVEN MONTHS AFTER 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE KILLED 6 PEOPLE – INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN — AT THE SCHOOL IN MARCH.
HALE WAS BORN FEMALE AND, ACCORDING TO POLICE, IDENTIFIED AS TRANSGENDER.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY –
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET YOUR NEWS.
THIS STORY IS A MEDIA MISS – AND MOSTLY BEING COVERED BY RIGHT-LEANING MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS… AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS.
HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – WE WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED WITH ALL THE FACTS.
AT THIS TIME – HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS – HALE LEFT BEHIND MORE THAN A DOZEN JOURNALS, A SUICIDE NOTE AND A MEMOIR.
ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING – NASHVILLE’S POLICE CHIEF JOHN DRAKE CONFIRMED – POLICE HAD THE WRITINGS IN THEIR POSSESSION.
HE APPEARED ON CBS’S MORNING SHOW ON MARCH 28TH – THE DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING.
(CHIEF JOHN DRAKE / NASHVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT)
1:29 “so we have a manifesto, we have a booklet that shows exactly what she had planned to do, uh we have maps that show the entry point into the school…”
[Anchor]
IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING – SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS FILED LAWSUITS – CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF HALE’S MANIFESTO – CITING THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT HALE WROTE AND LEFT BEHIND.
THEN OVER THE SUMMER – VICTIM’S PARENTS ALSO FILED DECLARATIONS – TO PREVENT THE RELEASE OF THE MANIFESTO – SAYING IT COULD INSPIRE COPYCAT SHOOTERS.
AND NOW – SEVEN MONTHS LATER –
CROWDER –HOST OF “LOUDER WITH CROWDER” ON RUMBLE –
DETAILED THREE PAGES OF HALE’S WRITINGS ON HIS SHOW MONDAY MORNING.
THE IMAGES OF THE WRITINGS SAY IN PART QUOTE…
“KILL THOSE KIDS!!! THOSE CRACKERS
GOING TO PRIVATE FANCY SCHOOLS
WITH THOSE FANCY KWAKIS AND SPORTS BACKPACKS
WITH THEIR DADDIES MUSTANGS AND CONVERTABLES
WANNA KILL ALL YOU LITTLE CRACKERS
WITH YOUR WHITE PRIVLAGES…”
“DARK ABYSS
DEATH DAY 03/27/23
TODAY IS THE DAY YES.
THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME!
I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS HERE…
(GOD LET MY WRATH TAKE OVER MY ANXIETY)
I HOPE I HAVE A HIGH DEATH COUNT.
READY TO DIE, HAHA” END QUOTE.
A SPOKESPERSON CLAIMING TO REPRESENT COVENANT FAMILIES SPOKE ABOUT THE RELEASE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY:
(BRENT LEATHERWOOD / SPOKESPERSON, COVENANT SCHOOL FAMILIES)
“you have now allowed this woman who terrorized our family with bullets to now be able to terrorize us with words from the grave. how could you? what kind of a person does this?”
[Anchor]
CHIEF DRAKE ISSUED A STATEMENT LATE MONDAY –
SEEMINGLY CONFIRMING THE LEAKED MANIFESTO PAGES ARE AUTHENTIC…
SAYING IN PART QUOTE “I am greatly disturbed by today’s unauthorized release of three pages of writings from the Covenant shooter… This action showed a total disregard for Covenant families, as well as the court system, which has control of the shooter’s journals at the present time due to litigation filed earlier this year.” END QUOTE.
NASHVILLE’S MAYOR –FREDDIE O’CONNELL—HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW IMAGES OF HALE’S MANIFESTO WERE RELEASED.
THERE IS NO NATIONAL STANDARD ON HOW AND WHEN TO RELEASE WRITINGS OR MANIFESTOS FROM MASS SHOOTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE…
IN NOVEMBER 2022 – A VIRGINIA WALMART EMPLOYEE SHOT DEAD 6 OF HIS CO-WORKERS AND POLICE RELEASED HIS HIS WRITINGS WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE SHOOTING.
AND IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR –
A GUNMAN SHOT AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE ON THE MICHIGAN STATE CAMPUS AND WITHIN DAYS – POLICE HAD RELEASED THE KILLER’S WRITINGS.
AT THIS TIME – IT’S UNKNOWN WHY ONLY A HANDFUL OF LEFT-LEANING MEDIA OUTLETS ARE COVERING THE NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTER’S LEAKED MANIFESTO.
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