Ex-Nahville police officer accused of leaving school shooters for shooters and magazines

Nashville, Tenn. (AP)-A former police in Nashville was arrested on Tuesday for theft, burglary and official misconduct after being accused of submitting case files, including records from a school series, in which three 9-year-old and three adult employees were killed.

At the announcement of Garet Davidson's arrest, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that he used his position at the Office of Professional Accountability in the Metro Nashville police authority to receive access to limited areas. “Then he took several criminal matters, internal investigation cases, original cases and other documents that he could not keep,” says a TBI press release. Davidson was instructed with a bond of 150,000 US dollars in Nashville's prison.

Davidson's lawyer Alex Little said that he would have an explanation on the arrest later on Tuesday.

After the TBI in March 2023, some of the fees refer to the Covenant School shootout. Davidson was previously involved in the leak of the shooting magazines on conservative media. The Tennessee star published dozens of stories that were on their information on 80 pages of the writings of the shooter.

This outlet was one of several parties who had opened the Nashville police for open records in connection with the shootings, including the magazines. When the city refused to publish the records immediately in 2023, they sued. The plaintiffs included a gun right group, a non -profit law enforcement and the Senator of Tennessee State, Todd Gardenhire. On the other hand, it was not only the city, but also parents of many students who wanted to keep the records secret.

The situation quickly turned into an untidy mix of conspiracy theories, leaked documents, traps and accusations to ethical misconduct. In July, a judge decided for the parents who claimed that they have copyright on the writings, and handed them over from the parents' parents next from relatives. This decision is currently a calling.

In the meantime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation delivered the Tennessee Star News Digitally last month with an edited version of its Covenant shooting files in response to a separate lawsuit. In a federal court registration, the FBI said that it was held back and identify information from third parties and detailed descriptions of the shooters' plans. Also last month, the Nashville police published a final report on the shootings, the details about the writings, mental health and the motivations of the shooter.

Those who were killed in the shootings were Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, every 9 years old, and adult Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; And Mike Hill, 61st Shooter Audrey Hale was shot by the police at the crime scene.