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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

‘I Just Need to Die,’ Nashville School Shooter Tells Instagram Friend Minutes Before Shooting Begins

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A female shooter shot through the glass doors of a church school to gain access to the building.

After breaking the glass, the shooter crawled through the lower portion of the door. The 28-year-old transgender person is seen pacing the hallway, heavily armed, as alarms are blaring. Six people were killed; three 9-year-old students and three faculty members.

Police storm the building, then exchanged fire with Audrey Hale. Hale was killed. A manifesto was recovered, as was a map of the school detailing camera locations and surveillance entry points.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • Jason Oshins – New York Defense Attorney
  • Dr. Teresa Gil - Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapist (over 25 years working with child abuse and trauma victim) and Author: "Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation"
  • Ken Trump - School Security Expert and Consultant, President of National School Safety and Security Services; Author: “Proactive School Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning;" Twitter: @safeschools
  • Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
  • Leonard Romero - Forensic Firearms Examiner and Ballistics Expert
  • Payton Muse - Fox 17 Nashville Reporter; Twitter/Facebook: @PaytonMuseTV

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Music

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Crime stories with Nancy Grace

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Music

0:12.0

Listen to these chilling words.

0:14.0

I'm planning to die today.

0:18.0

You'll probably hear about me on the news.

0:22.0

The final chilling words.

0:26.0

By Audrey Hale, her final messages before she shoots up a private Christian school,

0:36.0

taking the lives of many, including little children.

0:43.0

Yes, this school included elementary grade children.

0:48.0

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories.

0:51.0

Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and serious XM111.

0:55.0

I'm planning to die today.

0:57.0

You'll probably hear about me in the news.

1:01.0

So before these little children are murdered by yet another school shooter,

1:08.0

she's anticipating Audrey Hale is anticipating being in the headlines.

1:15.0

Let's start at the beginning where every case starts with dispatch listen.

1:20.0

They've got a description of a white camel and they're actually hearing gunfire.

1:24.0

Be advised.

1:25.0

Stay on the general area of Burton Hills Road, Hillsboro Pi to front back to shooter.

1:31.0

The mission of the town is on a close shooting for the multiple victims down.

1:36.0

We are training the show here at the time.

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