Jill Biden bows her head and wears somber black outfit as she attends Nasvhille shooting vigil

Jill Biden mourned the lives of six people who lost their lives at the Covenant School along with hundreds of others outside Nashville City Hall.

The First Lady wore black as she stood with the family of Mike Hill, who was killed in the Monday morning shooting along with nine-year-olds Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Evelyn Dieckhaus, the director of the school, Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, and substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61.

Biden stood on a stage at One Public Square Park along with other Nashville officials, while others joined the memorial from below.

Mourners stood shoulder to shoulder while holding small candles with a paper stopper around them that read “Covenant.”

Singers Sheryl Crow and Margo Price also appeared at the candlelight vigil to lead the crowd in a prayer song.

US First Lady Jill Biden attends a vigil after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US, March 29, 2023.

Nashville Police Chief John Drake takes a podium at a vigil after six people were killed at the Covenant School on Monday.

Crow led with his hit song ‘I Shall Believe’ while Price sang a cappella ‘Tears of Rage’.

Mayor John Cooper paid tribute to the victims, calling Monday’s mass shooting the “worst day” in Nashville.

“When words just can’t carry the weight of what’s in our hearts, we must reach out to each other to help each other carry the load,” Cooper said.

Cooper then extended an invitation to the crowd to place a hand on each other’s shoulders in prayer.

“We can only get through this tragedy together,” Cooper said.

Nashville Police Chief John Drake also took the podium to address the mourners.

“Our officers have cried and are crying with the Nashville community and the world,” he said.

‘From your support, we gather strength and will to continue in the protection of our city.

‘May you also be strong to face the days ahead.’

The strangers then greeted each other with warm smiles as they comforted one another.

Hill’s grieving family wiped away tears as the vigil progressed. All seven of her children attended.

Students from nearby Harpeth Hall School pray as they visit a memorial at the school entrance after a deadly shooting at the Covenant school in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 29, 2023.

Three women gather to pray at a memorial to the victims of the Nashville Covenant School shooting

People attend a vigil after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 29, 2023.

A large cross erected at the vigil for the six victims killed at the Covenant School in Nashville on Monday.

Mourners close their eyes to pray at a vigil for the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville on Wednesday night.

Shooter Audrey Hale, 28, was killed by two Metro Nashville police officers at her former school Monday morning after taking the lives of three students and three staff members in 14 minutes.

He shot his way through the school’s glass side door before kicking it down and beginning his shooting rampage.

The school’s principal, Dr. Katherine Koonce, abruptly ended a Zoom call when she heard the shots. His body was found in the hallway and Chief Drake suggested that he had had a “confrontation” with Hale and tried to stop him from attacking the children.

Heartbreaking body cam footage shows cops passing a body in the hallway as they rushed to take down Hale as he reloaded his gun on the second floor of the building. He had fired out the window at approaching police vehicles.

Hale died at 10:27 a.m. thanks to the heroic actions of officers Michael Collazo and Rex Engelbert, who could be seen bravely crossing the school and running towards the gunfire.

Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale, 28, who on Monday killed six people at her former school.