Cops: Nashville school shooter planned the carnage months in advance; considered previous mass murders

The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) in its investigation of the mass shooting at the Christian elementary school said Monday afternoon that the shooter, a 28-year-old woman who identifies as a man, had planned the massacre months ago.

The shooting last Monday at the Covenant School in Nashville murdered three 9-year-old children and three adults.  Authorities said in a press release that “from all information currently available,” the shooter “acted totally alone,” and revealed that she had planned the massacre at the Covenant School months “over a period of months.”

The MNPD has been going over the "collective writings" of the gender dysphoric woman they found in her vehicle and bedroom. The shooter had been a former student of the Covenant School. Police said she was influenced by previous mass shooters, but the cops still don't have a motive.

The writings, which include her “manifesto,” are under investigation by both the MNPD and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.

“The motive for [the shooter’s] actions has not been established and remains under investigation by the Homicide Unit in consultation with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. It is known that [the shooter] considered the actions of other mass murderers,” MNPD said. It is also known that the shooter had been treated for an "emotional disorder," a relatively common problem of transgender [gender dysphoric] individuals. The Daily Beast said their source described the shooter as "autistic" but "highly functional."

The weapons purchased by the shooter were legally bought from gun stores in the Nashville area. She carried two rifles and a handgun when she breached the school. 

The investigation found the in the total time she entered the school until she was neutralized by police, she fired off 152 rounds: 126 5.56 rifle rounds nd 26 nine millimeter rounds. 

Police Officer Engelbert dropped the shooter with four 5.56 rounds and Officer Collazo unloaded another four rounds killing her. The entire episode from the time of the 911 call to she was killed was 14 minutes. 

In contrast, the Uvalde PD waited an entire hour for backup as that shooter was killing children, one-by-nem before making a move on the mass school shooter in a Texas school.

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