", 'This is shattering'Nashville officials respond to The Covenant School shooting. Another high school classmate broke down in tears while speaking with NBC News on Wednesday, grieving the victims and the shooter, whom police killed. Drake said that Hale suffered from some type of emotional disorder although it is unknown exactly what. A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School . Nashville School Shooting: What We Know - The New York Times Hale walks in hallways and aims the assault rifle before the video cuts off. As Englebert moved to the second floor, eight gunshots can be heard down the hallway. Bill Lee,wifeclose friends with victim, Shooter bought seven firearms, was being treated for'emotional disorder', 14-minute timeline: From the Nashville school shooter's break-in to how police responded, Shooter reached out to ex-teammate before school attack, Surveillance footage shows armed suspect arriving at school, Andy Ogles, GOP congressman representing Nashville, criticized for posing with guns in family Christmas photo, Nashville shooting suspect killed by police in 'swift' response. Some conservatives seized on that angle to blame the killings at the Christian school on Hales gender identity, with the hashtag #TransTerrorism trending on Twitter. The shooter had planned the attack for months, according to those journals, which police said were located in the attackers car and bedroom. Officers approached Hale, who was laying on the ground next to a wide window overlooking the parking lot. The threat was overby 10:27 a.m., police said. We dont know if gender identity played a part, but theres a conversation to be had that speaks to societys continual rejection and conflict over ones identity that can lead to this disconnect and frustration, Dunton said. 'OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER':First lady Jill Biden responds to Nashville mass shooting. Hale's parents believed that due to Hale's emotional state, Hale should not have owned weapons. First lady Jill Biden also addressed the shootingas she opened the National League of Cities event in Washington. It's next door to a Nashville Fire Department stationand less than a mile south of Nashville's largest shopping district. Police believed two of the guns were obtained legally, Drake said. They immediately went to the gunfire.". Officer Rex Engelbert fired four 5.56 rounds from his rifle, police said Monday, while Officer Michael Collazo fired four rounds from his 9 mm pistol. "What happened at Covenant School was a tragedy beyond comprehension," Tennessee Gov. We have to do more to protect our schools so they aren't turned into prisons. The ticket donations will be going to the Caring for Covenant Fund, the school announced. Contributing: Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY; Chris Gadd, Rachel Wegner, Kirsten Fiscus, and Craig Shoup,Nashville Tennessean; The Associated Press. Officials with the FBI and special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on the scene. He also said Hale identified as transgender. The intruder was in a "lobby-type area," not a classroom, Aaron said. Possessing a handgun is outlawed in Tennessee for anybody who has been convicted of a felony offense involving violence or drugs. Police said five officers promptly responded to a 911 call that arrived at 10:13 a.m. gaining entry to the building by firing through the buildings locked glass doors, Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs. Hale also said in the messages to Patton that a March 13 Instagram post was actually a suicide note. Police said they were Evelyn . "I never saw any of our staff sit down," Parker said. In contrast to the painfully delayed police response to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, last year, law enforcement officers in Nashville took quickaction Monday, likely saving several lives. But somehow tomorrow the only thing we will agree on is the traffic. She was so loving to everyone, and I think she might have just wanted to fit in, Hardcastle said.