A manifesto believed to have been written by trans Nashville Catholic school shooter Audrey Hale has become public and reveals her intention to kill ‘white privileged’ kids before being shot dead by police.
The manifesto has been shrouded in secrecy since the shooting on March 27 this year. Nashville PD is yet to release it despite multiple media requests and the issue is now the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.
Today, controversial podcast host Steven Crowder published photographs of three pages of it, which he says his reporters obtained from a detective at the scene. Nashville PD is yet to confirm the authenticity of the photos Crowder.
They purport to show Hale’s plan for the day that began with breakfast at home, included lunch and a 10-minute ‘final video’ which has not yet become public.
Hale was concerned about how long the rampage would last, but wanted to annihilate what she described as ‘cr****s’ and f****ts’ before being killed herself.
She was furious about she believed were ‘white privileged’ kids at ‘fancy private schools’, despite previously attending the same school herself.
Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old transgender former student of the school, murdered three nine-year-olds and three teachers on March 23 before being shot dead by police
Hale is shown inside the school with one of the seven weapons she purchased legally
Cops gunned down Hale during her ‘carefully planned’ attack in which she killed three children and three adults
In an entry on the day of the attack, titled Death Day, Hale wrote: ‘Today is the day. The day has finally come. I can’t believe it’s here. Don’t know how I was able to get this far but here I am.
‘I’m a little nervous but excited too, been excited for the past two weeks.’
Worryingly, she said there were ‘several times’ she ‘could have been caught.’
‘None of that matters now. I’m almost an hour and 7 minutes away. Can’t believe I’m doing this but I’m ready… I hope my victims aren’t.
‘My only fear is if anything goes wrong. I’ll do my best to prevent any of the sort.
‘God let my wrath take over my anxiety. It might be 10 minutes tops. It might be 3-7. It’s gonna go quick. I hope I have a high death count. Ready to die.’
Controversial podcast host Steven Crowder published leaked photos of the manifesto despite the ongoing court battle over whether or not they should become public
In another entry on February 3, six weeks before the shooting, she wrote: ‘Kill those kids!!! Those cr***rs going to private fancy schools with those fancy kwakis and sports backpacks. With their money daddies mustangs and convertables [sic]. F**k you little s**ts.
‘I wish to shoot you weaka** d**ks with your mop yellow hair, wanna kill all you little cr*****s!!! Bunch of little f****ts with your white privalages [sic]. ‘F**k you f****ts.’
Hale planned out the massacre by the minute, aiming to wake up at 6.30am, get dressed at 7.05 and spend time with her stuffed animals and possessions between 7.05am and 8.55AM.
In reality, she went to the school much earlier than planned. She was shot dead by police at 10:25 am – 14 minutes after first entering the school and opening fire.
Katherine Koonce, head of school (left), and Mike Hill, a custodian (right) were among those shot dead by Audrey Hale
Substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, known as Cindy, is shown with her daughter Ellie. Peak was one of six people shot and killed on Monday in Nashville
Her manifesto had a more leisurely day planned out.
At 9am, she planned to eat breakfast at home, then pack her backpack with ‘special belongings’ at 9.30am.
At 9.50am, she was going to test ‘knife car glass breaker’ on her dad’s old cars. At 10am, the plan was to leave for a gun range where she wanted to spend 19-20 minutes.
At 10.20am, Hale was going to ‘gear up and set up guns’ in the trunk.
At 11.20am, she wanted to film a 10 minute ‘final video.’ It’s unclear if she ever made such a video – none has been released by police.
At 11.35am, she was going to leave for The Covenant School, a school she attended as a child. At noon, the plan was to arrive in the parking lot and check for security.
At 12.05pm, she wanted to arrive in ‘designated parking space. The five minutes between 12.05pm – 12.10pm were allotted to ‘preparing for attack’.
Hale then wanted to ‘lock and load weapons’, finally opening fire at 12.33pm. ‘Time 2 die’ was how she closed off the itinerary.
A terrified child presses her hand against the glass of a school bus window after being evacuated from The Covenant School
In the end, she entered the school at 10.10am and was dead by 10.25am.
She used seven, legally-purchased guns in the attack despite having received treatment for an ’emotional disorder’ which should have stopped her from being able to buy them.
Hale herself attended The Covenant School as a child.
The manifesto is among evidence that Nashville PD has not yet released to the public or media, citing its ongoing investigation.
Media outlets have been campaigning for transparency and say suppressing the files could set a dangerous precedent to block the release of records without a victim’s consent.
A judge ruled last month that the families of the six victims will have a right to protest the release of records.
They have begged the police department not to make the files public, citing the risk of a copycat attack.