Jill Biden mourned the six people who lost their lives at Covenant School along with hundreds of others outside Nashville City Hall.
Dressed in all black, the first lady stood next to the family of Mike Hill, who lost his life in the shooting Monday morning along with nine-year-old Haley Scruggs, William Kenny, Evelyn Dickhouse, headteacher Dr Catherine Consey, 60, and substitute teacher Cynthia Beck. , 61 years old.
Biden stood on a stage in One Public Square Park with other Nashville officials as others joined the memorial from below.
The mourners stood shoulder to shoulder, holding small candles around which a paper stopper was labeled “Candlelight Service.”
Singers Sheryl Crow and Margo Price also appeared at the candlelight vigil to lead the crowd in a hymn of prayer.
US First Lady Jill Biden attends a vigil after a fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 29, 2023
US First Lady Jill Biden attends a vigil after a fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 29, 2023
Nashville Police Chief John Drake takes the stage in a vigil after the killing of six people at Covenant School Monday
Crow led on her hit song “I Shall Believe” while Price sang the acapella song for Tears of Rage.
Mayor John Cooper paid tribute to the victims and called Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville “the worst day” in Nashville.
“When words can’t carry the weight of something in our hearts, we must reach out to each other to help each other carry the burden,” Cooper said.
Cooper then extended an invitation to the loafers to put their hand on each other’s shoulder in prayer.
“We can only get through this tragedy together,” Cooper said.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake also took the stage to address the mourners.
“Our officers wept and wept with the Nashville community and the world,” he said.
From your support we gather strength and will to continue protecting our city.
“May you also be strong as we face the coming days.”
The strangers then greeted each other with warm smiles as they comforted each other.
The mourning Hill family wiped away their tears as the vigil continued. All seven of his children were present.
US First Lady Jill Biden attends a vigil after a fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 29, 2023
People attend a vigil after a fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US March 29, 2023
A large cross was erected at the vigil for the six murdered victims at Covenant School in Nashville on Monday
Mourners close their eyes to pray at a vigil for the Covenant School shooting victims in Nashville Wednesday night
Fitzgerald Moore leads a group in prayer at a memorial at the entrance to Covenant School on Wednesday, March 29
Three women gather to pray at a memorial to the shooting victims at the Nashville Covenant School
Students from nearby Harpeth Hall School pray as they visit the memorial at the school entrance after the fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, US, March 29, 2023
A floral tribute left at the entrance of Covenant School on Wednesday, March 29
Shooter Audrey Hill, 28, was killed by two Metro Nashville cops at her former school Monday morning after taking the lives of three students and three staff members within 14 minutes.
She had shot her way through the school’s glass side door before entering it and starting shooting.
The school’s principal, Dr. Catherine Consey, abruptly ended her Zoom call when she heard the gunfire. Her body was found in the corridor and Chief Drake suggested that she had a “confrontation” with Hale and tried to stop her from attacking the children.
Shocking body camera footage shows cops passing a dead body down the corridor as they rush to take Hill down as she reloads her gun on the second floor of the building. She had shot through the window at the approaching police cars.
Hill was dead by 10.27am thanks to the heroic actions of Officers Michael Collazo and Rex Engelbert who were seen gallantly passing the school and running towards the gunshots.
Evelyn Dichhaus, 9, was another shooting victim on Monday. Her family said she died trying to save her friends
Will Kinney (pictured) was shot dead along with Haley Scruggs and Evelyn Dichhaus, all 9, in the massacre
Haley Scruggs, 9, was killed in the shooting and is pictured with her father, pastor Chad Scruggs
Dr. Katherine Consey, the school’s principal, was shot and killed by Audrey Hill in the Monday morning massacre
Substitute teacher Cynthia Beck, 61, is shown (right) with her daughter, Ellie. Beck was one of six people who were shot and killed at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee on March 27, 2023.
Mike Hill, a utility worker with Covenant Presbyterian Church, was one of the victims in the March 27, 2023, fatal shooting at Covenant School in Nashville.
Covenant teacher Audrey Hill, 28, was shot and killed by six people at her former school on Monday.
