Nashville Police Officers Share Heroic Accounts of Stopping School Shooter

The two Metro Nashville Police Department officers who killed the heavily armed active shooter at Covenant School spoke publicly for the first time, detailing their crucial live-saving efforts. Audrey Hale killed three children and three staffers during a 14-minute shooting spree on March 27 inside the private Nashville elementary school, before being shot down by two officers. The hero officers who responded to the call within moments recalled encountering victims’ lifeless bodies and the “smell of gunpowder” that lingered in the air.