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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Coffee grower dies in elephant attack in K'taka
Madikeri (Karnataka) (PTI): A 49-year-old coffee grower died in an elephant attack on Thursday, officials said.
The incident occurred around noon when Ganapathi went to his coffee plantation near Siddapura in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district, they said.
According to forest department, Ganapathi was trampled by the wild elephant which suddenly appeared in the coffee plantation.
Following the death, villagers staged protest rasing concerns about the increasing movement of wild elephants in human settlements and plantations in this district.
"An alert regarding movement of elephant was issued to residents of the area. Our team rushed to the spot as soon as we received the information. All concerns raised by the villagers are being addressed," a senior forest department official said.
Orders have been given to the officials concerned to monitor movement of the elephant involved in the attack and capture it, he said.
"All teams are already vigilant and monitoring the movement of the wild elephant. All efforts are being taken to capture it. The operation will begin tomorrow," he added.
