>> Ainsley: WE ARE BACK WITH A
FOX NEWS ALERT.
A HEART BREAKING TRAGEDY IN
NASHVILLE WHERE THREE CHILDREN
AND THREE ADULTS WERE MURDERED
INSIDE A CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
>> Steve: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
SHOWS THE SHOOTER IDENTIFIED AS
A 28-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER,
FORMER STUDENT SHOOTING HER WAY
IN TO THE BUILDING.
THE DOORS WERE LOCKED.
AND THEN WALKING THE HALLWAYS TO
CARRY OUT A CALCULATED AND
PLANNED ATTACK, THAT’S HOW IT’S
BEEN DESIGNED, BEFORE DESCRIBED
TAKEN OUT BY POLICE.
>> Brian: LAWRENCE JONES IS IN
NASHVILLE NOW WITH THE JAMES
SMALLWOOD.
LAWRENCE?
>> THANKS, GUYS.
JAMES, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING THE PROGRAM.
I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY IS
MOURNING.
I WANT TO START WITH MICHAEL AND
REX THAT CHARGED THE SCENE AS
THE SUSPECT WAS FIRING ON THEM
AND THEIR CAR RIGHT NOW.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE
OFFICERS?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVIL
EXISTS IN OUR WORLD AND AS LONG
AS THAT EVIL EXISTS WE ARE GOING
TO NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING
TO CHARGE INTO THE GUNFIRE AND
WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY WERE BRAVE
MEN AND WOMEN, FIRST RESPONDERS
WHO LITERALLY RAN INTO GUNFIRE
AS THEY WERE TAKING IT, AND WENT
IN THERE TO STOP THE THREAT FROM
SPREADING ANY FURTHER.
THOSE OFFICERS AND THOSE FIRST
RESPONDERS, THE MEASURES THEY
TOOK WERE MARCH BEYOND WHAT
ANYBODY EXPECTS OF A REGULAR
HUMAN BEING.
WE HAVE TO THANK THEM AND PRAISE
THEM FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB WE
DID.
WE GOT THE CALL AND IN 1 MINUTES
WE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE THREAT.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A PHENOMENAL
RESPONSE AND WE SHOULD BE
THANKFUL FOR THAT.
>> Lawrence: ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
HAD DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WHERE
OFFICERS DIDN’T RUN TOWARD THE
FIRE.
THESE OFFICERS WERE WILLING TO
TAKE ON THAT FIRE HEAD ON.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
SUSPECT.
WAS SHE ON ANY RADAR FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE IN THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY OR WAS THIS A TOTAL
SURPRISE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS
COMMUNITY?
>> YOU KNOW.
I THINK IT WAS A SURPRISE FOR
EVERYONE.
IT’S DIFFICULT TO SAY WHETHER OR
NOT SHE WAS ON ANY RADAR UNTIL
WE DO A REALLY DEEP DIVE.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE STILL PUTTING
ALL THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER
ON THIS.
CLEARLY THERE ARE MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS GOING TO BE ANSWERED
IN THE COMING DAYS.
IT’S A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> Lawrence: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE
PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY
IS WONDERING SHE LEFT A
MANIFESTO OUT THERE.
AND MANY WONDER IF THE CHURCH AS
WELL AS THE SCHOOL WAS TARGETED
BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEVE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT
MANIFESTO AND DO YOU HAVE ANY
HOPE THAT IT’S GOING TO BE
RELEASED FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
>> I WHICH I CHIEF DRAKE ALLUDED
TO THAT YESTERDAY IN HIS
INTERVIEW.
AT SOME POINT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO RELEASE
THAT FOR THE PUBLIC OR AT LEAST
WHAT THEY CAN.
THE CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW.
WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE REACHING
CONCLUSIONS UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO
HAVE A VERY DETAILED
INVESTIGATION AND CERTAINLY THAT
MANIFESTO IS GOING TO ANSWER A
LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR US AS WE GO
THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION.
WE WILL HAVE TO DRAW THOSE
CONCLUSIONS FROM THE INFORMATION
THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT’S OUT
THERE.
SO, CERTAINLY, I THINK WE WILL
SEE THAT IN THE COMING DAYS,
BUT, BEFORE WE ALL JUMP TO
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
MOTIVES ARE LET’S GIVE THE
INVESTIGATORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LOOK AT THIS AND PIECE THROUGH
ALL THE DETAILS.
>> Lawrence: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THOSE
OFFICERS FROM DOING WHAT THEY
DID YESTERDAY.
I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS
IN NEW YORK.
>> Steve: HEY, LAWRENCE, COULD
YOU ASK HIM WHILE IS HE RIGHT
THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT, SCHOOL DOOR WAS
LOCKED.
IT’S SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE THAT’S
PART OF ACTIVE SHOOTER PROTOCOL.
WILL THERE BE CHANGES GOING
FORWARD WHERE SOMETHING ELSE --
WILL THERE BE A COP OUTSIDE OF
EVERY DOOR IN NASHVILLE?
OR IS THAT JUST THE WAY IT’S
GOING TO BE?
>> SURE.
SO ONE OF MY ANCHORS IS ASKING
THE QUESTION ABOUT THIS DOOR WAS
LOCKED IN THIS SCHOOL BUT THE
SCHOOL -- THE SUSPECT STILL SHOT
THROUGH THAT DOOR.
IS THERE ANY PUSH FOR THERE TO
BE RESOURCE OFFICERS IN PRIVATE
SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ALL OVER NASHVILLE RIGHT
NOW.
>> I THINK AS WE ALL SEND OUR
KIDS TO SCHOOL WE ALL HAVE THIS
THOUGHT IN OUR MIND AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD SOME
FAMILIES THAT HAD TO LIVE THIS
NIGHTMARE AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE
WITH THIS NIGHTMARE FOR THE REST
OF THEIR LIVES.
CERTAINLY IT GIVES US PAUSE AND
MAKES US THINK HOW CAN WE MAKE
OUR SCHOOLS MORE SECURE?
HOW CAN WE PROVIDE MORE SAFETY?
AND CERTAINLY MORE RESOURCE
OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS IS ONE OF
THOSE THOUGHTS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE JUST GOING
TO HAVE TO IN THE COMING DAYS
AND WEEKS THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
PROVIDE THOSE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY FOR THESE PRIVATE
SCHOOLS WHERE IT’S A LITTLE BIT
MORE CHALLENGE IT’S NOT A PUBLIC