‘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...

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...

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...

Reporter Tom Pappert: Metal Detectors Inside Antioch High School May Have Prevented Deadly Shooting if They Weren’t Deemed ‘Racist’

by | Jan 23, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said the use of metal detectors inside Antioch High School in Nashville may have prevented the deadly shooting that took place at the school on Wednesday morning. 17-year old Solomon Henderson, an African American male...