Mike Hill.Photo: Facebook
A 61-year-old custodian is being remembered as a hero after he was killed in a shooting at a Nashville school.
A pastor at Hartsville First United Methodist Church in Tennessee recalled hiring Hill when he worked at the church.
“Ididn’t want to say a nameuntil it had been announced officially. And now, I’m not real sure what to say,” Tim Dunavant wrote on Facebook. “This picture is Mike Hill. He was the last employee that I hired when I ran the kitchen at the Covenant church and school.”
He shared that he hired Hill “over 13 years ago. he was still working there today when he was shot and killed.”
Dunavant added that he believes Hill acted as a hero in his final moments.
“I don’t know the details yet. But I have a feeling, when it all comes out, Mike’s sacrifice saved lives. I have nothing factual to base that upon. I just know what kind of guy he was. And I know he’s the kind of guy that would do that.”
He ended with one final message for Hill.
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The shooter has been identified as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old who once attended The Covenant School.
Nashville police announced the news at a Monday press conference.
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According to statistics from theGun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot, regardless of the number of fatalities, there were 128 mass shootings in 2023 as of Monday morning.
source: people.com
