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Police are unable to find out how pages of the Nashville mass shooter’s manifesto leaked final month following an inconclusive investigation.
Metro Nashville Police Division mentioned in an electronic mail Friday that investigators have “exhausted all obtainable investigative avenues” looking for the people accountable in leaking parts of mass assassin Audrey Hale’s manifesto.
Investigators decided two officers within the Specialised Investigations Division who found Hale’s manifesto in her vehicle close to the scene of the crime had taken photos of the handwritten doc.
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Two girls hug close to a memorial on the entrance to The Covenant College in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Police have “exhausted all obtainable investigative avenues” within the hunt for the one that leaked pages from a college shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator, the division introduced in an electronic mail despatched to media. (AP Photograph/Wade Payne)
Seven Nashville officers had been additionally transferred to administrative positions following the leak of the manifesto.
Nevertheless, investigators say they had been unable to pin down the person answerable for handing over parts of the manifesto to conservative entertainer Steven Crowder, who revealed the images on Nov. 6.
“The division doesn’t have the power to compel statements or cooperation from former staff,” the police division mentioned in an announcement.
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All officers in the end returned to their common positions.
Court docket paperwork earlier this yr revealed Hale, whom Nashville police describe as a transgender girl, had over 20 journals.
The killer’s writings have been the supply of intense controversy after lawsuits had been filed to drive the discharge of the texts.
An entrance to The Covenant College is seen in Nashville, Tennessee. ((AP Photograph/George Walker IV, File))
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Concurrently, a few of the faculty’s mother and father have moved to dam the discharge of the manifesto, claiming it might additional endanger the scholar physique or encourage copycat killers.
The lawsuit has been slowed for months. At present, an appeals court docket is anticipated to rule on whether or not Hale’s mother and father and the varsity have a proper to intervene. There is no such thing as a clear timeline for a call on releasing the total manifesto.
Fox Information Digital’s Michael Ruiz, Adam Sabes, and Samantha Daigle contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a author for Fox Information Digital. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and may electronic mail him at [email protected]
