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Here’s how Nashville is supporting those killed in the Covenant School shooting

Marianna BacallaoWPLN News
Vanderbilt University Medical Center says the three pediatric patients were transported to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, and pronounced dead after arrival.
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The grieving continues in Nashville as communities gather to honor the victims of the shooting at Covenant School in Green Hills. Covenant School is a private Christian school serving preschool through sixth grade since 2001.

More: 6 people, including children, were fatally shot at a Green Hills school. Police say the shooter is also dead.

The victims have been identified as three students and three adult staff members. The children, all 9 years old, were Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. The adults were head of school Katherine Koonce, 60; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and custodian Mike Hill, 61.

On Monday night, small vigils took place around the city. Belmont University and Lipscomb University both held prayer services on their respective campuses. Concert venue Marathon Music Works postponed their planned show, hosting a community-wide vigil instead. A number of other churches, including Woodmont Christian Church, The Belonging Co and the Cathedral of the Incarnation, held services.

A relief fund has also come together in the wake of the shooting. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is collecting donations to go directly to the Covenant School.

GoFundMe pages for donations have also been set up to support the victims’ families.

A citywide candlelight vigil is scheduled for Wednesday evening at One Public Square Park in downtown Nashville. The vigil is set to feature a number of city leaders, including Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Metro Council Member Russ Pulley, State Representative Reverend Harold M. Love Jr. and Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, and is set to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Cynthia Abrams

Cindy Abrams is WPLN’s metro reporter. She grew up in Eugene and Portland, Oregon and moved east after graduating from Whitman College. Cindy comes to Nashville from central Virginia, where she covered the courts at Rappahannock News. She was WPLN’s digital news intern in 2021 before joining the station full-time as a newscast and digital producer last year. She started covering the Metro government in the fall of 2023.

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