A chancery court judge ordered on Thursday that the documents and writings belonging to the Covenant school shooter will not go public.
This lawsuit emerged as Metro didn’t immediately release the shooter’s documents in April 2023. At that point, police hadn’t released any writings and denied open records requests — including one from us here at NewsChannel 5. Metro Legal said it denied those records because it was part of an open investigation. It then decided not to release anything because of the litigation over the records.
“The court has ruled that the Metro government acted properly in not immediately releasing the shooter’s journals and other investigative records,” said Wally Dietz, Metro Legal director. “By
adopting some of the legal arguments raised by the Covenant parents, the court also endorsed our decision to ask the court at the beginning of the case to give the Covenant parents and other impacted parties the opportunity to present their own arguments.”
Our last reporting on the documents in the player above.