US cops release body-camera footage of officers who shot down transgender shooter at school
Video gets more than 6 million views on Twitter in less than 24 hours
Nashville: The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Tuesday released a video of body-worn camera footage of the officers who shot down the 28-year-old transgender shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale aka Hale Aiden at a Convenant School.
The video is a compilation of two points of view showing the perspectives of Officer Rex Engelbert, a four-year MNPD veteran, and Officer Michael Collazo, a nine-year MNPD veteran, the officers credited with fatally shooting the transgender shooter.
"The kids are all locked down but we have two kids that we don't know where they are," a woman tells Engelbert arriving on the scene. She adds, "Upstairs are a bunch of kids," where the active shooter is at the time. An alarm is blaring as the team of first responders clears each classroom. "Let's go!" the cops shout before heading up the school stairwell, running toward the gunfire.
In the second-floor common area, a team of responding officers encounters Hale firing through a window at arriving police cars. "Reloading!" an officer yells when Engelbert pulls the trigger several times. Hale can be seen dropping to the ground, neutralized.
"Move! Move!" Collazo commands the other officers. He then shoots Hale, whose hands were still gripping the firearms. "Get your hand away from the gun!" an officer orders Hale. "Suspect down! Suspect down!" Collaza repeatedly shouts, disarming the shooter.
Three children were killed in the private Christian school shooting along with three faculty members of the school. The deceased were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, all age 9; Mike Hill, age 61, Cynthia Peak, age 61, and head of school Katherine Koonce, age 60.
The video shared by investigative reporter Mia Cathell on Twitter has been watched over 6 million times at the time of posting of this report.
🚨 BREAKING: Police have released body-camera footage of the Nashville officers fatally shooting transgender shooter Audrey "Aiden" Hale inside the Covenant School yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Pgmw1fJnbY
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Leopard spotted near Kadri Manjunath Temple in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: A leopard was spotted in Doctors’ Colony near the Kadri Manjunath Temple area in Mangaluru in the early hours of Monday, February 23, creating anxiety among residents of the locality.
According to local residents, the animal was spotted in the CCTV footage of two cameras installed in the locality around 1 am near the entrance gate of Doctors’ Colony. The footage shows the leopard walking calmly in front of the gate before moving out of view.
The sighting has come as a surprise as the area is largely urbanised, with apartment complexes and villa-type houses dominating the surroundings. Except for a small patch of forested land above the Kadri temple area, there is little greenery nearby. Residents say the concrete landscape offers limited scope for wild animals to find food.
This is not the first time wild animals have been spotted in the locality. Two years ago, a wild gaur had entered the same area and was later guided back into the forest through Shaktinagar. Just last week, a smaller leopard was sighted in Shaktinagar and was also captured on CCTV cameras. Now, a bigger leopard has been recorded near Kadri.
So far, no one has reported a direct sighting of the animal, and no formal complaint has been lodged with the Forest Department.
Forest Department officials said leopard movement is common during the months of January and February, as the animals often enter human settlements in search of food. In areas near forests, they usually prey on poultry and stray dogs.
Officials added that leopards are capable of travelling 15 to 20 kilometres in a single night and generally do not remain in one place if they are unable to find food. While sightings are more common in forest-fringe areas such as Bajpe and Neermarga, repeated appearances within core city limits this time have caused concern among residents.
