Covenant School Shooting

FBI’s Release of Covenant Killer Documents to Third Party Carries Legal Inconsistencies, Expert Says

Apr 10, 2025 | , , , ,

Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) release of the 1,299 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale to independent journalist Megyn Kelly carries legal inconsistencies as a case brought by The Tennessee Star’s parent company regarding the materials continues to be litigated in federal court.

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Reporter Details Legal Ramifications of FBI Releasing Covenant Killer Documents Exclusively to Third Party Amid Ongoing Lawsuit

Apr 8, 2025 | , , , ,

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) release of the 1,299 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale to independent journalist Megyn Kelly may have legal ramifications as a case brought by The Star’s parent company regarding the materials continues to be litigated in federal court.

Star News Digital Media, Inc. (SNDM), which owns and operates The Star, and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy sued the FBI in May 2023 to compel the agency to release Hale’s writings.

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Pappert on Covenant Shooter Investigation: Psychosis, Not Notoriety, Likely Drove the Covenant School Attack

Apr 7, 2025 | , , , ,

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, disagrees with the Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) conclusion that 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the self-identified transgender man who carried out the Covenant School shooting on March 27, 2023, committed the attack while she was “sane” and out of her desire for “notoriety.”

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‘Makes No Sense’: Reporter Questions Why MNPD Did Not Attempt to Obtain Covenant School Shooter’s Full Mental Health Record

Apr 3, 2025 | , , , ,

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, called out the Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) lack of interest and work in obtaining the full mental health record of 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, the self-identified transgender man who carried out the Covenant School shooting on March 27, 2023.

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MNPD’s 48-Page Report on Covenant School Attack ‘Political,’ ‘Missed the Mark,’ Reporter Says

Apr 2, 2025 | , , , ,

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) 48-page report into the Covenant School attack committed on March 27, 2023 by 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale appears to be “political” and “missed the mark” as it comes to its conclusion that the killer carried out the attack entirely for “notoriety.”

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Michael Patrick Leahy Calls Out MNPD’s Whitewash Omitting the Word ‘Transgender’ in 48-Page Report of Covenant School Killer

Apr 2, 2025 | , , , , ,

Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, said the Metro Nashville Police Department’s (MNPD) 48-page report, which concluded that the Covenant School attack committed on March 27, 2023, by 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, was fueled by the killer’s desire for notoriety appears to be “whitewashed.”

On Wednesday, MNPD announced the conclusion of its more than two-year investigation into the attack by releasing the report, which ultimately concluded that Hale, despite identifying as a transgender man before killing six at the Christian school she once attended, carried out the pre-planned attack based on her desire for “notoriety.”

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