Crime & Justice

Three Children, Three Adults Killed in Nashville School Shooting Identified

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Six people were killed in the shooting Monday, including three victims who were just nine years old.

Students from the Covenant School gather and hold hands surrounded by police officers
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The six victims of Monday’s school shooting in Nashville have been identified, including three children who were just nine years old. The victims are Mike Hill, 61, Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, William Kinney, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, and Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9. Koonce served as headmistress for the Covenant School, while Peak and Hill were also staff members. All three children were students of the school. The suspected shooter was identified Monday afternoon as a “quiet” 28-year-old former art student, Audrey Hale, who once attended the church-based school.

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