Nashville shooter was a 28 year old woman, initially reported by police to be in her teens.

[LuckyCharms]

Three firearms, if I heard that correctly.

Shooter is deceased.

[nolabear]

1. An, God. My last comfort gone.

Stupidly, I’d taken comfort from thinking women just don’t do these things.

[JenniferJuniper]

3. The first well-known school shooter was a girl

who didn't like Mondays.

[maxsolomon]

4. And since then, basically no women shooters.

This is a real outlier.

[Celerity]

11. There have been female mass shooters, just nowhere near the rate for men

https://unherd.com/thepost/why-are-there-so-few-female-mass-shooters/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insideedition.com/women-who-kill-americas-most-shocking-female-mass-shooters-42142%3famp

[allegorical oracle]

5. With female role models like Boobert and MTG it was just a matter of time. nt

[Irish_Dem]

8. Good point. All the violent rhetoric by female leaders have an impact.

[electric_blue68]

24. I'm sure that doesn't help...but there's plenty of women using firearms responsibly

[claudette]

2. Dear Lord

Save us!! 😢

[pnwmom]

6. A young woman in her teens is a teenage GIRL. nt

[LuckyCharms]

12. My OP was trying to convey information.

If the shooter was 18 or 19, and I posted that the shooter was a GIRL, I would have received pushback on that comment as well.

Please give me a break.

As I type this response, they have not yet declared the exact age of the shooter.

[Polybius]

20. I think it's crazy that anyone would give you pushback for calling an 18 or 19 year old a girl

At that age, I was a kid. Anyway, sorry for the ramble, you did nothing wrong at all.

[electric_blue68]

25. I'd prefer calling an 18 or 19 girl (voting age!)- a young woman, but I'm not going all huffy about

it..

How many people refer to young white men at 18 or 19 of age as boys?
If they don't for them, they shouldn't for the equivalent for young women.


(we know what some racists refer to young black men as ...)

[GenXer47]

7. if it's a pink AR-15

there is a good case to sue the manufacturer.

[Irish_Dem]

9. This is rare, most shooters are male. Are female shooters going to be a new trend?

Or is this one an outlier?

[Sky Jewels]

15. Probably an outlier, but who knows.

Men/boys seem to take their rage out on others, while women/girls usually turn it in on themselves.

But of course there are always exceptions.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes I think the male shooter trend will continue.

Maybe some females, but these will be rare.

Serial rapists, murderers, kidnappers have always been mostly male.

[HootieMcBoob]

10. A Private Christian School

Apparently.

[Upthevibe]

13. LuckyCharms,,,,,,,,

They're now announcing it was a 28 y.o. woman but your post was absolutely what they first thought...

[LuckyCharms]

14. Thank you. Just heard that the shooter was a 28 year old woman with a slight build.

So it sounds like that contributed to the original assumption that she was a teenager.

[tenderfoot]

16. Updated to a woman who was 28 years old

Link to tweet

[Marius25]

18. She was 28, not teens.

[sarcasmo]

19. CNN saying she was 28 years old. Link below

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/27/us/covenant-school-shooting-nashville-tennessee/index.html

[milestogo]

21. Apparently not.

Link to tweet

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Not a teenager.

Plenty of news on this now.

[MineralMan]

23. You should self-delete your post.

The shooter was 28 years old. That has been known for hours now.