Who was Evelyn Dieckhaus? Nashville shooting victim's sister says she doesn't 'want to be an only child'
NASHVILLE, TENNESSE: In a shocking shooting incident that happened at The Covenant School in Nashville, three adults and three children of age 9 lost their lives. Out of the three children who lost their lives, a third grader, Evelyn Dieckhaus, is one among the victims. Evelyn was apparently trying to pull the fire alarm to stop the transgender shooter from opening fire on her classmates.The other children who were shot down are Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney.
Cynthia Peak, 61, Mike Hill, 61, and Dr.Katherine Koonce, 60 are the adult victims. A former student of the school, Audrey Hale, 28, is identified as the suspect in the school shooting. Meanwhile, when the community came together to pray for the six families of the victims, the sister of Evelyn, Eleanor, was seen sobbing inconsolably and said, "I don't want to be an only child."
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Who was Evelyn Dieckhaus?
Dr Michael Dieckhaus and Katy are the parents of Evelyn. She has an elder sister, Eleanor as well. She was a third grader at The Covenant School and was nine years old. In a touching tribute written by one of Evelyn's teachers, Sarah Drury claimed, "One of the 9-year-old victims of the Nashville school shooting goes to my church. Her name is Evelyn Dieckhaus. She was adorable. I taught her equally angelic big sister in Sunday Sunday school. Her mom Katy volunteered in our children's ministry... such a sweet Christian family. We had a prayer vigil tonight at our church. We are, the whole city, saturated in grief. Now. It's time to marry prayer and grief with action." Meanwhile, senior pastor Nathan Parker stated in an official note, "It has been a hard day. We are sad. Sad for the families who came rushing to our church. Sad for those whose lives will never be the same because of the trauma inflicted on them. Sad because we live in a world broken by sin, suffering, and death." Another senior pastor Paul Purdue claimed, "we confess we have not done enough to protect the children injured or killed in shootings. We need to step back. We need to breathe. We need to grieve,' said Paul Purdue, the church's senior pastor. 'We need to remember. We need to make space for others who are grieving. We need to hear the cries of our neighbors, "as per Daily Mail.
What is the response from other victims' families?
Hallie Scruggs, who is the nine-year-old daughter of Pastor Chad Scruggs' was also shot down in the brutal incident. Mark Davis, a senior pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian spoke to Scruggs, who stated, "We really love each other," Davis stated. "I listened to him lament. I listened to him also say, we know she's in the arms of Christ and we know he loves her more than we did." The Covenant School in its official statement claimed, "Our community is heartbroken. We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing."