Police said the shooter purchased the guns at five different Nashville-area gun shops and hid them from their parents.
Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake revealed that the shooter in Monday’s school shooting legally purchased seven guns prior to the massacre.
Drake said Hale was able to purchase the weapons despite being treated for an emotional disorder. Drake said law enforcement had no prior knowledge of Hale’s emotional disorder. “If it had been reported, there's not a law for that,” Drake said. “But had it been reported that she was suicidal or she was going to kill someone and have been made known to us, then we would have tried to get those weapons. But as it stands, we had no actual idea who this person was.”Drake indicated that Hale hid the weapons from their parents, and Hale’s parents were under the impression Hale had sold one weapon.
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