Ronald Hale: Audrey Hale's father returns to his $700K home, remains tight-lipped about tragedy
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: Trans school shooter Audrey Hale's father finally returned to his $700,000 home, days after he and his wife went hiding after the tragic shooting that killed three students and three adults on March 27. "Sir, I have no comment," said Ronald Hale, 64, when he was asked if he had any explanation for the horrifying massacre that his trans daughter had wreaked.
The anguished-looking man who returned to collect his belongings did not respond to the reporters when he was further asked if he had anything to address for the devastated families of his daughter's six victims. In the wake of the shooting, the devout Christian father of Audrey and his church coordinator wife Norma Hale fled their Nashville residence situated in an upscale Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhood, according to the Daily Mail.
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Audrey's parents were unaware of his hidden weapons
Following Audrey's murderous rampage at The Covenant School, a search was conducted at the three-bed property and investigators found seven guns hidden by the 23-year-old. Police chief John Drake revealed that the shooter who was under a doctor's care for an "emotional disorder" allegedly purchased the weapons from five local stores of included the three guns - two rifles and a handgun used to fatally shoot the six victims. Audrey who was biologically female recently began using he/him pronouns and went by the name Aiden. However, Norma and Ronald denied his trans identity and opposed the transition.
"You only see what you want to see. Their religion does not allow them to accept homosexuality. She was Audrey at home but when she left the house she changed clothes. They did know about it, they just didn't accept it," a source told the Daily Mail, by referring to Audrey using female pronouns. One of the unidentified neighbors described the shooter as a "skater, tomboy type", adding, "She introduced herself about a year and a half ago as Audrey. I treated her like a female and she didn't correct me. She seemed artistic, quiet, and well-mannered."
Audrey was fatally shot during the shooting spree
Audrey was fatally shot by two MNPD officers during the 14-minute tragic shooting. Authorities identified three young victims of the massacre namely Scruggs, Kinney, and Dieckhaus who were shifted to Vanderbilt's Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital and were declared dead. Mike Hill and Cyntia Peak, both 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60, the school headmistress were the other three faculty members of the Nashville school who were shot to death.