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Covenant School

Six people were killed, including 3 children, when a former student opened fire inside the Covenant School in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood on March 27, 2023. The assailant was also fatally shot by city police. Ongoing coverage of the event will be collected here.

Nashville judge to rule on whether the Covenant School assailant’s journals go public

Marianna Bacallao

June 17, 2024

The judge had been prepared to release the ruling when a news outlet suing for the documents’ release published leaked pages of the assailant’s journal.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant, Covenant School, gun violence, Metro Law, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, shooting

Supermajority podcast, from WPLN and NPR’s Embedded, tackles single-party rule

WPLN Staff

June 17, 2024

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Supermajority is a new podcast from NPR’s Embedded, in partnership with Nashville Public Radio. Host Meribah Knight has been following three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Covenant School, NPR, podcasts, special session, supermajority

How a second leak of the Covenant School assailant’s journals impacts an ongoing court case

Marianna Bacallao

June 12, 2024

Conservative news site, The Tennessee Star, may be in legal trouble for publishing leaked pages of the Covenant School assailant’s journals. The Star is a plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit to compel Nashville Police to release the writings.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant, Covenant School, Don Aaron, gun violence, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, shooting

Tennessee limits access to child autopsy reports following push by Covenant families

Rose Gilbert

April 26, 2024

A bill that would remove the autopsies of children who are victims of violent crime from the public record has passed the state legislature. Only the child’s legal guardians or, in some cases, a court order would allow them to be released.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, child welfare, Covenant School, school shooting, special session, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, tnleg, tnpol

Classes resume at original Covenant School campus for the first time in over a year

Rose Gilbert

April 18, 2024

Covenant School students, faculty and staff are holding classes at the school’s original campus for the first time since the mass shooting that left six dead, including three children, on March 27, 2023.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Covenant School, gun reform, guns in schools, Mary Joyce, Ryan Williams, Sarah Shoop Neumann, William Lamberth

‘Never been tested’: Inside arguments on whether Covenant School shooting records should be public

Marianna Bacallao

April 17, 2024

A Nashville judge will soon decide whether writings left by the Covenant School assailant will be released to the public. The two-day hearing in Davidson County Chancery Court wrapped Wednesday afternoon.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant, Covenant School, gun violence, Metro Law, shooting, The Tennessean, Todd Gardenhire

Parents, students and educators speak out against bill to arm Tennessee teachers

Rose GilbertandBlaise Gainey

April 15, 2024

They voiced their opposition to a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns in school — without notifying parents or students — on Monday morning.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, firearms, guns in schools, Tennessee Catholic Conference

Remembering Covenant, one year later

Mary Mancini

March 27, 2024

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It’s been one year since tragedy struck at the Covenant School in Green Hills, where six people were killed and the assailant was fatally shot by city police.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Covenant School

NashVillager Podcast: March 27, 2024

Nina Cardona

March 27, 2024

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On an incredibly heavy day, we remember the people who were lost, their legacy, and their connection to a Nashvillian of the past.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast Tagged With: Covenant School

‘We’ve just got to keep showing up’: Nashvillians gather to support Covenant School on one-year anniversary

Tony Gonzalez, Rachel Iacovone, Rose GilbertandChar Daston

March 27, 2024

“We find solace in the light that has emerged from the darkness,” reads a statement from the Covenant School acknowledging the community’s support.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Freddie O'Connell, mass shooting, Sarah Shoop Neumann, school safety, Voices for a Safer Tennessee

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