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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee After the Covenant School Massacre: ‘God Is A Redeemer’

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the public on Tuesday evening, following the murder of six people at The Covenant School in Nashville.

On Monday morning, a 28-year-old woman killed three 9-year-old children and three adults at Covenant Presbyterian Church’s primary school in Nashville, Tennessee. According to police, the shooter, carried out a “targeted attack” on the school and had prepared a “manifesto.”

Governor Bill Lee stated in a video speech shared on social media that the state is suffering alongside the victims’ parents and family members.

“Some parents woke up without children,” (…) “Children woke up without parents, without teachers. Spouses woke up without their loved ones.”

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Lee also said that his wife, Maria, was set to have dinner with one of the victims, Cynthia Peak, who worked as a substitute teacher at The Covenant School and was a longstanding friend of the state’s first lady.

Lee also complimented the work of Metro Nashville Police Department officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo, who fired the deadly bullets on the school gunman, and stated he got the opportunity to talk with them.

Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs, the daughter of Covenant Presbyterian Church senior pastor Chad Scruggs, were named as the three pupils slain in the incident. In addition to Cynthia Peak, the school’s 60-year-old administrator, Dr. Katherine Koonce, and 61-year-old school custodian Mike Hill were slain.

Also Read: WATCH: Videos of the Nashville Christian School Shooting Released by Police.

Lee asked the state to pray for the families of the victims, Covenant Presbyterian Church, the cops, and the shooter’s family.

According to their website, the Covenant School exists to help pupils “become who God intends them to be” and study “timeless Truth” throughout their school experience: “Our graduates attend the finest schools in the Nashville area, where they not only excel academically, but also act with character that comes from authentic faith in Jesus.”

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