by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 6, 2026 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
As the legal fight over the release of the Covenant School shooter’s writings continues, The Tennessee Star’s lead reporter, Tom Pappert, is sharply criticizing one of the central arguments raised in the latest appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court, focusing on claims...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 6, 2026 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said charges will not be filed against a juvenile male who was captured on video trespassing on the campus of Covenant Presbyterian Church and School on two suspected occasions beginning in December 2025. Last month, MNPD...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 10, 2026 | Covenant School Shooting, Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is investigating after an unidentified man was allegedly captured on video trespassing on the campus of Covenant Presbyterian Church and School on two suspected occasions beginning last month. On Friday, MNPD released four...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 10, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
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...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 8, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
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...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 7, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
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,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 3, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
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...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 2, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
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.” On...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 2, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South, TN LEAD
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...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 31, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South
Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release the long-awaited documents relating to the Covenant School shooting as the bureau’s deputy director, Dan Bongino, said he and Director Kash Patel are...
