The manifesto from Covenant school shooter Audrey Hale will be released after authorities prepare it for public consumption, Nashville police said Thursday.
Hale’s writings have been the subject of much speculation in the aftermath of the twisted mass shooting inside The Covenant School where three young students and three staffers were fatally shot.
A trove of writings was seized from Hale’s home, though it’s unclear what will exactly be shown to the public.
“The investigation has advanced to the point that writings from the Covenant shooter are now being reviewed for public release and that process is underway and will take a little time,” a Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson told The Post.
Police on Thursday could not give a firm date when the writings would be released and would not confirm if everything would be shown to the public.
Hale, who identified as transgender, was killed by cops who quickly responded to the private Christian school minutes after the killer began the depraved March 27 shooting spree.
Authorities believe Hale targeted the school and its affiliated church, but have not elaborated on that.
Twenty journals, five laptops, a suicide note and other written notes by Hale were seized from the house the 28-year-old shared with her parents, according to a search warrant. Two memoirs, five Covenant School yearbooks and seven cell phones were also recovered.
Nashville’s police statement Thursday comes a week after local pols told The Post Hale’s manifesto was a “blueprint on total destruction” and blamed the FBI for stalling its release.
Rep. Tim Burchett, (R-Tenn.) said he knew the FBI was behind the delay as he called for the documents to be given to the victims’ families and members of Congress.
He said the manifesto “could maybe tell us a little bit about what’s going on inside of her head.”
Metro Nashville Council Member Courtney Johnston said she was told Hale’s manifesto was a “blue print on total destruction” and that one high-ranking Metro Nashville Police Department official told her “it keeps him up at night.”
Metro Nashville Council Member Robert Swope previously said last month the manifesto would be released after the FBI analyzes its contents.
Nashville police said in a news release earlier this month that Hale’s writings “remain under careful review” by its department and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.
Authorities previously said Hale was undergoing doctor’s care for an emotional disorder.
Hale shot and killed nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney as well as school janitor Mike Hill, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak and headmistress Katherine Koonce.
Nashville police previously told The Associated Press last month Hale was “assigned female at birth. Hale did use male pronouns on a social media profile” after the police chief said at a news conference Hale was transgender.
Authorities have not detailed a clear motive for the shooting.