Nashville shooting suspect Audrey Hale had purchased seven firearms legally from five different stores prior to yesterday's tragedy, says Nashville police chief John Drake.
Police have spoken to Hale's family, Drake says, who told authorities Hale had been in treatment for an "emotional disorder".
"Her parents felt she should not own weapons," Drake says. "She had been hiding several weapons within the house."
Hale was not known to police ahead of the attack.
"We do not have a motive at this time," says Nashville police chief John Drake just now.
Drake says again that no particular individuals were targeted by Hale upon entering the school.
Continuing with the press conference, Nashville police chief John Drake says police had no reason to remove the suspect's weapons.
Tennessee does not currently have a so-called "red flag law" that permits officials to removed guns from the possession of people they believe may present a danger to others or themselves.
Drake said if police had been made aware the suspect presented such a danger, they would have sought to do so.
"There's not a law for that," he said, but added that if it "had been made known to us than we would have tried to get those weapons".
But “we had absolutely no idea” the suspect posed any danger - the suspect was not on the police radar in any way before Monday, he said.
