- The Metro Nashville Police Department released a statement Monday afternoon in which it failed to address the authenticity of leaked documents purported to be part of the manifesto written by Audrey Elizabeth Hale.
- The department instead claimed the photographs are not MNPD crime scene images.”
- In the statement, MNPD said: “An investigation, begun this morning, continues into the dissemination of three photographs of writings during an on-line discussion about Covenant School. The photographs are not MNPD crime scene images.”