Nashville shooter Audrey Hale had seven guns and an ’emotional disorder’
Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale was able to legally buy SEVEN guns despite receiving treatment for an “emotional disturbance” as cops say her parents had no idea she kept guns at home.
- Audrey Hale, 28, legally bought seven guns from five different stores
- Her parents say they didn’t know and previously thought she only had one
- Hale has been described as ‘autistic’ but ‘high-functioning’
Shooter Audrey Hale was able to purchase seven firearms despite receiving medical treatment for an emotional disorder.
Hale, 28, has been described as having “high-functioning” autism, but police revealed today that he was also under doctors’ care.
Her parents, Norma and Ronald Hale, knew she had a gun at one point, but told her to sell it because they thought she couldn’t be trusted.
Instead, he hid his arsenal and expanded it, buying seven different weapons in all from five local stores.
Hale, 28, has been described as having “high-functioning” autism, but police revealed today that he was also under doctors’ care.
Ronald and Norma Hale. They told police they didn’t know her daughter still had guns.
Yesterday, he brought three of his weapons to The Covenant School: two rifles and a pistol.
Two more guns were seen being taken out of the house yesterday in video obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.
At a news conference Monday, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said of his family: “They felt that he had a gun and that he had sold it.” She was under doctors care for an emotional disorder.
“Her parents felt that she shouldn’t have guns, and they were under the impression that she no longer had any. But she had been hiding several inside the house.
He added that Hale’s mother saw her leave the house yesterday with a red bag and asked her briefly what was inside.
“She dismissed it, thinking it was just a motherly thing.”
Despite being under the care of doctors, his ’emotional disturbance’ had not been reported to the authorities.
If he had, he could have been prevented from buying so many weapons.
In addition to the weapons found at his home, police recovered these three weapons from the scene.