Nashville Police Say ‘Ongoing Investigation’ Prevents Release Of Covenant Shooter’s Manifesto

Attorneys representing Nashville, Tennessee argued Tuesday in court that police were still investigating aspects of the shooting committed at the Covenant School last March, when a transgender-identifying shooter murdered six people, and, therefore, the city is unable to release documents related to the case such as the shooter’s writings.

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Judge weighs ‘heavy burden’ of deciding future of Covenant writings; says case will set precedent

After two days of listening to both sides of the argument, a Davidson County judge will be deciding whether the Covenant School shooter’s writings should be released to the public. 

The show-cause hearing began on Tuesday, April 16, with each plaintiff spending several hours presenting their arguments to Davidson County Chancellor I’Ashea Myles. 

Setting precedent as to whether mass shooters’ writings should be made public seemed to weigh on the judge and came up frequently as Myles noted she was thinking about the “broader implications” of the hearing.

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