After two years of meticulous detective work, including analysis and review of thousands of pages of potential evidence, Chief John Drake today announces the closure of the investigation into the March 27, 2023, murders at The Covenant School in which three children and three adults were killed in a planned, calculated attack.
The murders are being cleared by exception due to death of the offender, Audrey Hale, who was fatally shot inside the Covenant building by responding MNPD officers.
The police department today, contemporaneous with this statement, is releasing a 48-page report that details the course of the investigation and the conclusions. Importantly, the District Attorney’s Office, which has been regularly kept informed of this investigation over the past two years, has reviewed the report and has determined that no criminal charges will be placed against anyone in connection with the Covenant case…