Former classmate of Nashville shooter speaks out | CUOMO 

So basically she doesn’t know why this person committed these horrific murders!

We need to protect our most vulnerable. There is no excuse for this. Innocent children lost their lives.

Release the manifesto

Audrey looked like a completely different person before and after she snapped. And I'm not talking about looking like a girl vs. boy. She LOOKS happy before and then disturbed, almost soul-less in later pictures

I believe he was a little bummed out that he didn’t get the answer he was looking for. Nobody bullied her, nobody bothered her.

What matters most is that 6 innocent people were killed senslessly by a coward who thought more of her (?) problems than for the lives of others.

There is no excuse or justification for what she did. I don't care what people said or didn't say to her. No excuse!!

Chris struck out. He was trying to get her to say she was bullied but it didn't happen.

Cuomo must be devastated that the young lady didn't throw the Christian school under the proverbial bus! Sometimes it doesn't matter which ideologies an individual identifies with, something breaks in their mental health which results in unspeakable atrocities being committed. The guest repeatedly said "There's no excuse for what she [Audrey Hale] did..." Well said young lady, well said!!

hard time or not she had no right to end innocent peoples lives! only psychos go postal because someone hurt their wittle fee-fees! 🙄

Don't care what they were dealing with... I am praying for the victims... and their families... there is no understanding... this evil...

Respect to this girl for being honest and lettin people know she wasn’t bullied , but also had some kind years . He tried hard to get her to say the shooter was a bullied loner but nope , just an idiot who wanted attention

Audrey Hale was not a victim. She was a monster. The victims were the children and the staff at the school.

People aren’t getting proper mental health care it’s too expensive and therapist are giving wrong advice

I don’t care how “sweet” they knew her to be….She’s an evil monster and I’m glad she’s no longer here. Period. Let’s get to finding out about her manifesto!

Samira is an artist & a good one. The shooter was a monster and senselessly murdered six. Children, ffs! No excuses for the wicked annihilators. Thankful to law enforcement.

The fact that any reporter addresses the pronoun situation is so disrespectful to the lives lost. Her pronouns shouldn’t even be in the discussion. I don’t care if she wanted to be a called “he”, those kids wanted to live their lives and she took that away. So why is everyone respecting her pronouns?? She KILLED innocent CHILDREN and adults. We live in a scary world where pronouns are discussed BEFORE the horrific tragedy is…

Damn the suspect seems to get more positive press then the victims

Wtf what matters are the victims and not this mentality unstable trans monster

Yeah, I don't care what Audrey was like when she was younger. If she was in so much pain, she was welcome to delete herself because sometimes you just can't live in this world. Why take six innocent people, including three little kids, with you? There's no excuse for that. It's just an act of pure evil. If there's a Hell, I hope Audrey Hale is in it.

We all know those 3 little 9 year Olds didn't bully her. She was the bully she was the evil one thru and thru. I doubt the janitor bullied her. She was the one that wanted to do evil

Insanity is insanity. No sympathy for anyone intentionally killing kids. Take this guy off the air.

Looks like even with all the prompts he didn't get the answers he wanted. Only the truth.

Interesting.. Audrey was sweet and actually pretty during her school days..she was also 28 years old when she did this, so in the last ten years since graduating High school, what has changed.....Influencers on the Internet combined with mental issues and suicidal thoughts

This girl spoke beautifully and she shed some light on things that none of us previously knew, just be thankful, she looks like she’s very shocked and upset about what’s happened, she didn’t have to do the interview. Leave her alone!

I'd question the drugs this person was given to facilitate their transition.

I can't believe Chris repeatedly misgendered her...er I mean him. I've never seen the media be so sympathetic and concerned about what the poor mass shooter was going thru. It's disgusting. She was evil and the cops ended her. Thank you officers for a job well done

Wow he tried hard to make it about unacceptance. Just did not work the way he wanted.

He appeared to desperately want to find some justification for her monstrous behavior, such as bullying or rejection. It doesn't appear that was the case.

Sounds like everyone was lovely to this girl. The culture has taught people to rather than work on your problems or deal with your own issues to blame others and lash out at others for your inner turmoil...😢

So coming from someone who KNEW her, on the outside she was fine. So the issue just like most is from the inside. Feelings she didn’t deal with. Medication she may have been on? Point is, there’s never an excuse to take someone’s life unless it is in self defense. This person struggled with her own demons and made a horrible decision on how to deal with them.

After watching the footage from the body cam, I can honestly say that I'm still in a state of shock and almost threw up at the time. This person blew the glass out of the front door to get in. (You don't see that everyday, that's for sure). Then shot kids and teachers. Then shot at cops through the second story window. (Another thing you don't see everyday). I'm going to assume she was on a number of pharmaceuticals, plus cross sex hormones and/or hormone blockers. Both will screw up your head completely. I know a person who is transgender. Male to female transition. Years of mental health issues, trouble with intimate relationships and family relationships. Suicidal thoughts and attempts. Aggressive behaviour, mood swings and depression. We should start asking how many people who have gender disphoria, have actually been genetically tested. I'm going to estimate that zero people have been genetically tested for this condition. It's expensive and time consuming. Without it, you cannot diagnose transgenderism. There are a number of chromosomal defects that can occur during cell division in utero. These tests need to be conducted so we know which is the best course to take in their treatment and many times the best treatment is to do nothing. If a genetic female is given male hormones, you should assume that their prognosis will not be a good one. Start messing with someone's pituitary gland and all bets are off. This is serious.

Very well spoken woman. Very eloquent.

From the NYPost… “Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale was “heartbroken” over the 2022 death of a girl she was “infatuated” with, who had played on the same basketball team in school. Samira Hardcastle told The Post “tomboyish” Hale had been deeply affected by the death of Sydney Sims, who was killed in a vehicle accident in August 2022, according to an obituary.” Why did Cuomo not ask about that?

Audrey Hale sent text to her former friend that morning saying I love you but that she was going to do something that day which everyone would know and that she would die. She did not appear enraged but rather deliberate like a video game player.

There isn't an excuse, but a reason. We need to look for the reasons. People just can't think anymore.

Could be the medication 💊. If you were born a girl or boy and you transition into somebody else , how do you know if it will have severe Side affect .

I’m praying for everyone because I find the entire tragedy heartbreaking for all.

Imagine how her parents feel

This is the most compassion a murderer has ever gotten…not from her, she was honest, but the questions are clearly gentle at minimum

Um, um, I didn't really know her for the last 20 years, um. It still sounds like he's at CNN and doesn't know what pre-screening someone is.

Indeed. Release the manifesto!

Every one goes through heart ache in their life. There’s no excuse. She was just evil

She doesn't know anything germaine to the situation.

Why is she on here talking about the shooter when she don’t know shhhhhhhhhhht! 😂

There’s no way she should’ve been legally able to purchase a firearms

Nobody has mentioned this could of been suicide by police ,her own words were ( this is my last goodbye planning to die today ) knowing she would be killed, so did she see children and unarmed loving people as a threat , may have been a sweet girl at one time , but turned into a monster, cant imagine what the families are going through 😭😭😭

Something doesn't add up...She was 28 years old and living at home. She just transitioned two years ago, and her parents supposedly rejected her transition, but they still let her live at home.

This is really sad through and through. Prayers for the families 😢

We need to know if she was given testosterone treatments!

😍 Beautiful guest. ❤ She spoke kindly of the deceased.

I am a sweet young lady with autism, anxiety, and depression just like Audrey, but I'm a Christian and I think there needs to be a much stricter ban on guns. The amount of shootings and tragedies in these schools and public places is ludicrous. No foresight and no hindsight being used. This is no longer political, its common sense.

Praying for all the broken hearts and families. We need more help for the mentally I’ll.

RIP to to the victims of this tragedy.🌹🙏🏼😔 It is always so heartbreaking to lose innocent children and people. And my condolences to the community and families. I just wanted to say, from working with children on the autism spectrum, please let's not stigmatize some of the most beautiful People on God's green earth. Having autism has NOTHING to do with it. I'm sorry, but that was very disappointing to hear :(

Sweet yet troubled 😢. She definitely was carrying something deep and dark.

So Audrey Hale had a seemingly normal childhood until recently when she was given some ideas about transgender, and then she changed into a homicidal maniac. That's what this interview seems to reveal.

🤔 is the reporter looking for an excuse for what she did? I don't understand those questions 😕

It's well known that steroids increases violent behavior. It even has a nickname "roid rage."

“Hardcastle” sounds like a good name for a tv show.

Yeah another nobody wanting to use a tragedy for self promotion.

In the '60's we use to call these girls 'butch' but I don't remember kids ever teasing them. We just understood that every girl was different in their own way and brought something different to the table of life. It just seemed less complicated back then.

So now we are victimizing the perpetrator. SMH, what a wonderful world. Shameful!

High school was 10 yrs ago. A lot happens in 10 years.

I’m so sick of Autism being brought up in these cases, individuals on the spectrum already face enough hate and persecution, they don’t need this label. This woman is irresponsible to say this, she isn’t qualified to make that assertion. ASD doesn’t make someone commit violence and the two shouldn’t be brought up together. This is just pure evil, if we want the true motive they need to release the manifesto.

Sick and tired of people trying to make excuses for these killers . Six innocent people lost their lives . Condolences to their families . Audrey knew exactly what she was doing . People stop blaming others for your downfall .

Sometimes there is just no answer. Evil has no rhyme and reason. You don’t have to be twirling your mustache and cackling to do evil things. Sometimes our minds betray us. You can be a decent person all your life and then all of a sudden something happens that changes you. We are all capable of bad things.

Imagine what the Parents would be going through

I want to know what kind of medication this individual was on. She went from sweet, not displaying any signs of doing something like this, to an all-out desperate rampage against innocent people and even worse, innocent children. There's always talk about the guns, but why aren't we taking a GIAGANTIC look at the pharmeceuticals she was on?? People talk about having terrible experiences and thoughts on anti psych meds. Why in the hell aren't these things being talked about in the media????

nothing to do with bullying, but everything to do with taking hormones... it made her crazy

My hunch is the so called “manifesto” they found at her house holds the explanation what happened there, by whom and why she did what she did. I suspect they will never tell us but I think it’s really important for us to know so we can head off anymore of this. I’m not looking for an excuse but I really want an explanation- of why this happened and I understand there was a lot of writings. The answers are there.

Wait, was that a picture of Aiden Audrey Hale pregnant in the orange striped shirt?????

Well that was not useful. My heart goes out to all those people left with only memories of their loved ones. So heartbreaking.

There is one important key factor that changes peoples' hearts and lives, and leads in the direction of darkness that we are seeing day after day. When we leave God and choose the evil around us, we make bad choices and disaster awaits. (Romans 1:18-31). We are warned. Let's take heed.

I appreciate her honesty.

Anybody talking about ADHD drug usage? That seems to be a common denominator

Why is this news source trying to make out this monster to be a victim?

How much was this “classmate” paid to be interviewed?

Sorry, it’s Samira not Samara.

What matters most is that people are dead, not some excuses made for a cruel sadistic and vicious criminal. Stop making excuses for someone who CHOSE to murder children. Sole responsibility lies at the feet of the murderer.

Some sweet people become sour!

Why are you talking about the killer? Talk about the suffering and pain the families are dealing with. This is bull shit.

So apparently everyone was TOO accepting. You remember the old story of the snake that wanted to be held so it could be warm? Yeah don’t be Molly coddling evil.

This is disgusting, just because she is a trans these media want to make her look like a victim. She was a murderer. And point. They don't talk about the INNOCENT victims

This person has nothing to offer. Was a classmate not a friend. How poopy to simply interview this person. Would have gotten the same response from someone who stood in line at a grocery store. "She was nice to the worker." No point to this interview.

How about instead of passing judgment we just say "this was a horrific incident" and say our prayers for the victims and the survivors that are grieving. ♥️

The million dollar question where and how did she get assault riffle and weapons?????

I just wanted to cry listening to this woman. Hugs to you, ♥️ 🤗

So very sad ...

Hello Mr Cuomo, I am so sorry for the loss of these innocent individuals, My Sincere Condolences goes out to the families of the decease victims RIH.

Not a victim! Those kids and teachers are victims. Why take innocent peoples lives when your unhappy with yours? It's just pure evil in the hearts of these people who do these things and especially to innocent children. Not every murder is a mental illness issue some people are just born evil.

She will spoke and thank you Chris 😊

we should find out what kind of hormones,or testosterone she was on? maybe some type of roid rage?

I can't tell if she even ever talked to the shooter.

She seems well spoken and all but she really doesn't know much.

Usually a sharp turn from sweet to shooter is driven by something. Maybe there was some hidden conflict they faced at the school or at home that overflowed years later. Not an excuse; just a potential explanation.

America needs to address mental health issues.

How articulate was this lady

This is such a ZERO interview and the host’s body language shows his frustration.

I know this forme classmate means we'll. But it's so very insulting to the families of victims to hear her say that this killer was sweet etc etc. This killer was pure evil to most of the world and I cannot imagine the pure hell that the parents of those kids are going thru. Not to mention the loved ones of the other victims.

I don't care what anyone says, if this was a male perpetrator they wouldn't be getting this much sympathy.