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Erin Burnett OutFront

Shooter’s friend shares chilling messages received

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

New messages into OutFront from the Nashville shooter to a friend just moments before the rampage, including why the shooter was reaching out to her specifically. That friend joins OutFront. Plus, his 12-year-old daughter was put on notice by police for anti-war drawings and now he has been sentenced to a Russian penal colony for calling the war an occupation. Also, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham all could be taking the witness stand as Fox News starts to cozy up to Trump again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Outfront next, breaking news. New messages into Outfront from the Nashville shooter to a friend just moments before the rampage, including why the shooter was reaching out to her specifically.

0:43.3

That friend is my guest. Plus his 12-year-old daughter was put on notice by police for anti-war drawings, and now he has been sentenced to a Russian penal colony for calling the war an occupation.

0:53.3

Tonight, though, he is on the run, and his lawyer is speaking to Outfront. a Russian penal colony for calling the war an occupation.

0:57.9

Tonight, though, he is on the run, and his lawyer is speaking to Outfront.

1:05.2

And Tucker, Hannity, Ingram, all could be taking the witness stand as Fox News starts to cozy up with Trump again.

1:06.0

Let's go out front.

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Good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett.

1:28.0

Out front tonight, the breaking news. There are new messages, direct text messages, just into out front. Messages sent by the Nashville shooter to a childhood friend moments before the attack. One of these new messages reads, and I quote, I wanted to tell you first because you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen and known all my life. My family doesn't know what I'm about to do. Now, in a moment,

1:34.0

I'm going to speak to the woman who received this message and she's sharing more messages with us.

1:39.6

Because this comes, as Nashville police are releasing disturbing new details about the shooter,

1:45.2

who killed six people, including three nine-year-olds at that private elementary school in Nashville. And they admit,

1:50.0

though, that they still do not know why the killer opened fire in the first place. What we do know

1:55.7

is that Audrey Hale was able to legally purchase a total of seven different firearms and was under doctor's care for an emotional

2:02.4

disorder. It also comes as we're seeing the heart-stopping body camp footage of officers racing

2:07.5

through the school and eventually confronting the shooter. Now, we want to warn you that the video is

2:11.7

disturbing and what you're about to see here begins as officers start to search classrooms for the shooter.

2:19.0

I'm going to know. here begins as officers start to search classrooms for the shooter. Hold the door.

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