First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, later today to attend a vigil honoring the lives lost in the mass shooting at The Covenant School, the White House announced.
“Following her visit to Ohio today to meet with military families, the First Lady will travel to Nashville, Tennessee to join a candlelight vigil to honor and mourn the lives of the victims of The Covenant School shooting,” Biden spokesperson Vanessa Valdivia said in a tweet. The first lady’s visit will mark the first in-person overture from the White House to the grieving community. It holds additional significance given Dr. Biden’s lifelong work as an educator.
Bill Hagerty, and Nashville Police Chief John Drake. The president also spoke with the two officers who charged into the school and killed the shooter – Metro Police Officers Michael Collazo and Rex Engelbert. The first lady has traveled to the sites of mass shootings in the past, including meeting with families who lost children in the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last May.
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