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

by | 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...

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

by | 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...

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

by | 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...

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

by | 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...

Reporter Tom Pappert: FBI Release of Covenant Killer Materials Would Speak True to Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s ‘Transparency’ Message

by | 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...

Continued Withholding of Materials Relating to Covenant School Killer Two Years After Attack Is ‘Insulting,’ Reporter Says

by | Mar 24, 2025 | Covenant School Shooting, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the continued withholding of materials relating to the Covenant School killer is “insulting” to the public as it nears two years since the shooting took place. On Monday, The Star reported that the Metro Nashville...

Tom Pappert: New FBI Leadership Has Opportunity to Gut ‘Legacy Token’ Policy When Investigating Mass Shooters

by | Feb 28, 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 (FBI) has the opportunity under the new leadership of Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino to reform its standard when investigating mass killers, specifically...

Conflicting Claims Emerge as MNPD Struggles to Close Covenant School Shooting Case After Year-Long Delay: ‘Has Defied Reason and Logic’

by | Feb 11, 2025 | Justice, 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) handling of the investigation of the March 27, 2023 attack by Audrey Elizabeth Hale on the Covenant School has “defied reason and logic” as the department claims it...