Posted on 04/05/2023 1:58:40 PM PDT by Morgana
Three brave officers who took down Nashville shooter Ashley Hale said they 'just wanted to save the kids' as they spoke for the first time since the mass shooting.
Transgender Hale, 28, opened fire with 152 rounds in just 14 minutes and killed three children and three staff members at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
Detective Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert were the first on scene to rush into the school and take down Hale – who had positioned herself to fire at the police cars as they arrived on site.
Both officers remained silent following the shooting on March 27, but during a press conference, they opened up about their actions which saved dozens of lives.
They revealed that they had never worked together before that day, with Englebert explaining that they gave each other clear commands as they worked their way around the school.
Police Chief John Drake said that the officers went in 'immediately' because they 'just wanted to save kids.'
Hale murdered Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Evelyn Dieckhaus, all nine, and headmistress Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, and chef Mike Hill, 61.
Detective Sgt. Jeff Mathes, who has not been identified before, is one of the officers who entered the school with Englebert.
Speaking at the press conference, he said: 'The smell of gunpowder was in the air. All of us stepped over a victim
'I, to this day, do not know how I did that morally. But training is what kicked in.'
Englebert then detailed that he got a call for a 'code 9000', which means an 'active deadly aggressor'.
He said that he had heard calls like that before, which were false alarms, but he knew that it was different.
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They appear to have done an excellent job - along with many of the teachers and staff...but 14 minutes is still a very long time.
I’m not complaining.
The shooting happened last week and Audrey Hale is still dead. that is all that matters.
It is. I'm honestly surprised she didn't kill more while expending that many rounds and having that much time. They've already stated she had mapped out the building and had planned it for months ahead of time.
The guy who stopped the shooting at a mall last year did so within 15 seconds of the perp opening fire, and even within that 15 seconds, there were three people killed and two others wounded by the perp.
One of the cops (a parishioner) that went into the school told him that it was an evil from the supernatural realm. Although that may have just been the cop trying to understand how somebody could kill innocent children and adults in cold blood.
Yes but it was 14 to 17 from the call, dispatch, travel, and then deploy. Pretty good for off site and damn good engagement.
The teachers and kids followed protocol and had locked themselves into their rooms. The only people killed were those that were caught out in open areas (hallways, etc.).
Guy will have nightmares. Waking up on a cold sweat at 3 in the morning for years.
God bless these brave men.
She didn’t kill more because that one child set off the fire alarm which caused all the children to get out of the building. Audrey killed the child who set off the alarm, but that child saved so many others.
I was thinking maybe we should buy tickets to the policeman’s ball for them? Do they still have a policeman’s ball these days?
I for one truly believe in the existence of ‘Demoncrats’
Demoncrats? Hells, yes...did you see them all voting in Wisconsin yesterday to murder unborn children? Hundreds of thousands!
Yes but it was 14 to 17 from the call, dispatch, travel, and then deploy. Pretty good for off site and damn good engagement.
Keep in mind it was just under 13 minutes from the 911 call to the dead perp - drive time to the scene included.
>a plausible decrease in response time would *still* be too long.
That’s why the teachers should be trained and armed.
Well, ok. Some teachers....
Every policing authority in that Uvalde affair should be brought up of charges of actively helping the murderer.
REAL cops, unlike that band of fat, cowardly desert trash in Uvalde. They should be in prison.
Thank you, officers.
Uvalde, you should rot.
The body tells you you’re headed in the right direction
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