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Who Is Averianna Patton? Audrey Hale Suicide Note To Friend Revealed
“I plan to die today,” was written in a chilling “suicide note” that the school shooter in Nashville, Audrey Hale, sent to a friend via text message only minutes before she opened fire and killed three children and three adults.
An old middle school basketball friend of Audrey Hale’s who checked her phone at 9:57 in the morning discovered an Instagram message from the person who committed the shooting at The Covenant School.
According to Averianna Patton, she was the one who saw the message in which Hale informed her that he planned to commit himself and that she would learn about it in the press.
In the communications that Patton conveyed to Hale, Hale told Patton that they will meet again in another incarnation of themselves.
Hale shared with Patton that he had lost all will to live and now had an overwhelming want to depart this world.
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Patton is unable to wrap her head around the fact that she was one of the very last people to communicate with the gunman at Covenant School.
When the two were in middle school, they were teammates on the basketball team at IT Creswell Middle School.
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Hale added, “One day this will all make sense,” to the troubling messages. “I have left behind much more proof than is necessary. Yet, a bad event is going to take place very soon.”
“The post that I made on this website about you was, in essence, a suicide note,” said the poster.
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According to correspondence that was handed to the outlet by Patton, written under the identity Aiden, Hale is said to have stated, “I plan to die today.”
Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, said, “THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!” After I’m gone, you’ll definitely read about me in the papers and other publications.
Hale continued by saying, “This is my final goodbye. I love you … See you in a future existence.”
The reaction that Patton gave was, “Audrey! There is still a lot of life left for you to live. I will pray that God watches over you and keeps you safe.
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Hale gave the following response in response to the question: “I understand, but I do not wish to live. I sincerely apologize.
I have no intention of making you angry or drawing your attention to me. I just need to die.
I have seen many beautiful people in my life, but you take the cake for being the most stunning of all the people I have ever known.
She went on to say, “My family is completely unaware of what I have planned for the future.” This will become clearer at some point in the future.
There is a mountain of evidence that I’ve left behind. Yet a terrible event is going to take place very soon.”
16 minutes later, at 10:13 a.m., law enforcement officials received the first 911 call reporting shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
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As Hale allegedly entered the Christian primary school, he was armed with two firearms of an “assault-style” design in addition to a handgun.
Inside, Hale opened fire, which ultimately led to the deaths of three small children as well as three staff members.
The ex-student could be seen in the footage from the surveillance cameras stalking the halls looking for victims.
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The shooter was responsible for the deaths of six people at the school: three students, all aged nine, named Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney; and three staff members, named Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, and Mike Hill.
At 10:27 in the morning, responding officers shot and killed the offender with their firearms.
“After making several attempts to comfort and reassure her, I dialed the number my father had given me for the Suicide Prevention Help Line at 10:08 in the morning,” Patton related in his statement.
“Audrey revealed to other people that she had suicidal tendencies in the past, and I understood to take this seriously,” the woman added. “At the time, I was in a relationship with her.”
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The friend said to the publication that she called the Nashville Davidson County Sheriff’s Office at 10:13 in the morning and was instructed to call the non-emergency number for the city.
“At 10:14 a.m., I called the Nashville police department’s non-emergency number and waited on hold for more than seven minutes before speaking with someone who assured me that a police officer would be sent to my apartment.”
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Patton told the channel that a police officer showed up at his home at 3:29 in the afternoon.
“Following phone calls from friends and the announcement of Audrey’s name as the shooter at the Covenant Nashville school, I learned that Audrey was the shooter and that she had contacted me prior to the shooting,” she stated.
“The announcement of Audrey’s name as the shooter at the Covenant Nashville school came after I had already learned that Audrey was the shooter.”
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Patton continued by saying, “My heart goes out to all of the families that have been affected, and I am shocked by what has transpired.”
