USA TODAY notes that officials initially misidentified the gender of the Covenant School shooter

Brett T. | 8:01 PM on March 27, 2023

We were a little hesitant when we first saw tweets suggesting that the Covenant School shooter, who killed six people Monday in Nashville, was trans. But then the police confirmed it, apparently from the shooter’s manifesto. Those transphobic Tennessee cops still referred to Audrey Hall as a woman in their presser, though.

Thankfully, USA TODAY cleared it all up:

Police on Monday afternoon said that the shooter was a transgender man. Officials had initially misidentified the gender of the shooter.

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 27, 2023

Oh no, that’s terrible. Did anything else happen today?

So a woman.

— JWF (@JammieWF) March 27, 2023

Until this version of the media is on the ash heap of history, we will not be safe.

— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) March 27, 2023

Someone seems to be more concerned about properly gendering the monster who did this than focusing on the children murdered for simply loving Jesus

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 27, 2023

A child murderer is a child murderer. They’re not entitled to anything, especially preferred pronouns.

— Mark Harris (@itismarkharris) March 27, 2023

It was a woman who insisted she wasn’t a woman, for those who have difficulty applying the media’s pretzel logic to all this bullshit.

— FunkyPox (@corrcomm) March 27, 2023

Was the killer XX or XY chromosomed, guys?

You can't even report clearly on a killer's sex. You're pathetic.

— CoolCzech (@CoolCzech1) March 27, 2023