Before shooting, Audrey Hale repeatedly trained at local gun ranges

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Audrey Hale, the school shooter who killed three children and three staff members in a violent school shooting Monday, repeatedly trained at local gun ranges before the mass murder, WSMV4 Investigates has confirmed.

Hale took three defensive handgun training classes at the Royal Range USA in Bellevue before April 2022, the owner of the range confirmed.

Metro Police Chief John Drake also confirmed to WSMV4 Investigates that Hale trained at other gun ranges in Middle Tennessee before the shooting.

A photograph obtained by WSMV4 Investigates shows the back of a woman, wearing her hat backward with short dark hair, attending target practice at the Royal Range USA on May 21, 2022.

A Nashville woman, who asked that her identity be concealed, said she was at the range that day with her boyfriend, and got such a bad feeling from the woman in the hat that she stepped out of the room and snapped the photograph.