Alleged writings of Nashville mass killer Audrey Hale’s have been released by conservative commentator Steven Crowder, which appear to reveal the shooter’s anti-white hatred and nervous but resolute planning.
The three handwritten pages were posted on Crowder’s website, which asserted their legitimacy, saying they had been obtained by his MugClub Undercover investigative unit.
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, which led the investigation into the shootings, said it was aware of the documents and was investigating, but clarified in a statement: “The photographs are not MNPD crime scene images.”
Hale, 28, who identified as transgender and also went by the name Aiden, allegedly wrote in one of the missives, “Wanna kill all you little crackers,” before murdering three children and three adults at the Covenant School, a Christian institution which Hale had once attended, in March.
It is well known that Hale had produced a volume of writing before launching the attack.
Police said they had found 20 journals, five laptops, a suicide note and various other notes written by Hale at the house he shared with his parents as well as two memoirs, five Covenant School yearbooks and seven cellphones, according to a search warrant.
It is unclear which part of Hale’s alleged writings were represented in the three images released by Crowder, but one of them is dated on the same day as the shooting, March 27.
Officials and some of the victims’ relatives have strenuously sought to block the release of the written materials, arguing that doing so would incite copycat crimes and deepen the trauma of those impacted.
But media outlets and some police associations initiated lawsuits pushing for the full release of the documents.
Dated February 3, 2023 — just weeks before the shooting — one page takes aim at affluent children “with their white privlages [sic].”
“Those crackers, going to private fancy schools with those fancy kwakis [sic] and sports backpacks,” Hale allegedly wrote. “W/thier daddies mustangs and convertibles. F— you little s—-. I wish to shoot you weakass d—- w/your mop yellow hair.”
Hale once attended the school she targeted, police said after the massacre. Arriving cops shot him dead inside the building.
On a page titled “DEATH DAY” — decorated with a picture of a gun and doodles — Hale allegedly wrote that he was “a little nervous, but excited too.”
“Can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m ready,” Hale wrote. “God let my wrath take over my anxiety…I hope I have a high death count.”
Hale also indicated that the killings could have been prevented.
“There were several times I could have been caught, especially back in the summer of 2021,” the page states.
Another page outlines Hale’s plans for the day of the attack in detail:
7:00am – Get dressed [unreadable]
7:05am – 8:55am – [unreadable] w/ stuffed animals + possessions
9:00am – Eat breakfast at home
9:30am – Pack up special belongings in backpack(s)
-9:50am – test knifecor glass breaker
(dads old cars)
10:00am – Leave for Royal Range
(19-20 min)
10:20am – Gear up + setup guns in trunk (assemble) + get out rest (w/ mags inside)
11:20am – Final video tape (0 min)
(11:30)
11:35am – Leave for Covenant school
12:00pm – Arrive at Covenant
(Check parking lot for security)
12:05 – arrive in designated parking space
12:05-12:10 – prepare for attack
12:– – Lock + load all weapons
12:33 [circled] Open fire towards SW entrance
Let massacre begin Time2die XXX
Students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9, were shot dead, along with school custodian Mike Hill, 61, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, and headmistress Katherine Koonce, 60.
The Metro Nashville Police Department remains in possession and control of the full manifesto.
The agency has also pledged a full probe into the alleged pages. In opposing a timely publicizing of Hale’s writings, the agency has repeatedly argued the papers are part of an ongoing investigation.
