By Carlos Suarez and Dakin Andone | CNN
Investigators found a suicide note when they executed a search warrant at the home of the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school last week, along with more weapons and ammunition, according to an inventory of items seized.
The search warrant and the list of items found were released Tuesday, just over a week after the shooter, former student Audrey Hale, opened fire at The Covenant School, killing three 9-year-olds and three adults.
The warrant, executed the same day as the shooting, shows authorities also found several Covenant School yearbooks and a school photo, in addition to the shooter’s journals. Some of the journals are described as being related to “school shootings; firearm courses,” the list indicates.
A total of 47 items were seized, according to the list.
Hale, 28, fired 152 rounds in the attack, which was planned “over a period of months,” police said in a news release Monday. Hale “considered the actions of other mass murderers,” that release said, and “acted totally alone.”
Hale, who police said was under care for an emotional disorder, had legally purchased seven guns and hidden them at home, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake previously said.
Hale was armed with three guns during the attack, which ended after Nashville officers arrived on the scene and confronted the shooter.
Two officers opened fire — a moment captured in bodycam footage later released by police — and killed Hale at 10:27 a.m., 14 minutes after the shooter entered the private Christian school, according to Nashville police spokesperson Don Aaron.
Police continue to work to determine a motive for the attack, but they said previously that writings left behind by Hale — which continue to be reviewed by police and the FBI — made clear it was “calculated and planned.”
Hale targeted the school and Covenant Presbyterian Church, to which the school is attached, police said, but it’s…
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