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Who was Audrey Elizabeth Hale?
Audrey Elizabeth Hale was an American commercial illustrator and graphic designer from Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
- His father Ronald E. Hale is self-employed while his mother Norma Fort Hale is a coordinator at The Village Chapel, which is near their house in Nashville.
- He was born and raised in Nashville.
- He was born biologically female but he identified as male.
- He used his birth name but also went by Aiden Hale.
- He lived with his parents in Nashville.
- He attended The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Green Hills, Nashville, the Nashville School of Arts, where he played basketball, and the Nossi College of Art in Nashville.
- He posted his art works online and once worked on a children’s book about a support dog.
- In his personal website, he wrote that aside from art, he also enjoyed binging on video games, watching movies, playing sports and spending time with his two cats. He added that there was a child-like part about him that loved to go run to the playground.
- On June 13, 2012, his grandmother Audrey Christine Burnette Hale died in Green Hills at age 96.
- In August 2015, he received the Excellent Student award from the Nossi College of Art for achieving greatness in the classroom. In the same month, he wrote a note to one teacher who lost a son in a car accident in 2014 saying, “Don’t ever let anything or anyone steal your joy. You have a reason and a purpose to be here.”
- From May 2018 to April 2022, he was a Nossi College of Art illustrator.
- Between October 20, 2020 and June 6, 2022, he legally purchased seven weapons.
- He died on March 27, 2023 at age 28 after fatally shooting six people.
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TIMELINE
2017
- On March 15, 2017, his mother shared on Facebook that a Nossi College of Art instructor recommended him for an awards competition.
- On October 6, 2017, his mother took to Facebook to share childhood photos of him and his brother Henry Scott Hale with a caption, “Just grateful today to be the Mom of these 2 awesome kids!”
2018
- From May 2018 to July 2018, he was a Sora Entertainment graphic designer in Nashville.
2019
- On January 28, 2019, his mother shared on Facebook that she found a devotional book and loaned it to him.
2020
- From November 2020 to December 2020, he was a cat sitter at Music City Cats in Nashville.
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2022
- In April 2022, he launched AH Illustrations in Nashville. In the same month, he received the Academic All Star award from the Nossi College of Art for having the highest grade point average (GPA) in the school’s college program.
- In May 2022, he joined Shipt in Nashville as a grocery shopper.
- In June 2022, he graduated from the Nossi College of Art with a bachelor’s degree in illustration and graphic design.
2023
- On February 9, 2023, he took to TikTok to pay tribute to his former Nashville School of Arts basketball teammate Sydney Sims, who died in a car crash in Nashville on August 20, 2022.
- On the morning of March 27, 2023, he left home in Nashville with a red bag. His parents asked what was inside but were dismissed. At 9:57 a.m. that day, he sent an Instagram message to Paige Patton saying “something bad is about to happen.” At around 10:00 a.m., he entered The Covenant School with an AR-15, a Kel-Tec SUB 2000 and a handgun and opened fire, fatally shooting teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, custodian Mike Hill, 61, school head Katherine Koonce, 60, and students Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, and William Kinney, 9. At 10:27 a.m., he was fatally shot by police officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo on the second floor of the school. He was 28.
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CONAN Daily 
One less disgusting individual in the world. Why didn’t it just kill themselves instead?
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It’s a woman so why are they referring to “her” as “he” in this article.
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Your dehumanization and vitriol is exactly what made this monster and you’re blind not to see it.
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