The shooter who killed 6 at a Nashville Christian school left behind a manifesto that police said they will not release during an open investigation.
A widely shared quote about Audrey Hale’s manifesto prompted fierce discussion about the targeting of Christians, but the quote might be being incorrectly attributed.
Hale, whom police confirmed identified as transgender, fatally shot three children and three staffers Monday at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, before being killed by police.
Police said Hale might have had some «resentment» about attending the school, and the 28-year-old leaving behind a manifesto sparked discussions about whether the shooting was a deliberate attack on Christians.
The phrase appears to have originated from a tweet by conservative commentator Jack Posobiec. On Tuesday, he noted that Hale left a «manifest not a suicide note» and said it wasn’t «hard to infer the message intended, ‘You mess with our kids, we will kill your kids.'»
Posobiec’s tweet has been viewed 1.9 million times and has been shared as a direct quote from the manifesto.
Donald Trump Jr. put the phase in air quotes in a video he posted on Rumble on Tuesday and posted on Twitter that Hale wrote «You mess with our kids, we kill your kids» in the manifesto.
Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, wants the shooting to be investigated as a hate crime because a Christian school was targeted.
