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APRIL 20, 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 16
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MNPD investigating death of threemonth-old boy, caregiver found with ‘selfinflicted’ injuries STAFF REPORTS
“I stand with Covenant” yard sign
PHOTO BY KATHERINE KELLY DESIGN
Community memorial outside of The Covenant School PHOTO BY MATT MASTERS
From small businesses to star musicians, people across Nashville are raising money for Covenant community BY LOGAN BUTTS
In response to last month’s Covenant School shooting that left seven dead, people and organizations across Nashville have come together to organize fundraisers for the victims’ families and for The Covenant School community. On Wednesday, April 12, Belmont University and local author Annie F. Downs hosted A Night of Joy Celebrating The Covenant School, a concert featuring a full slate of high-profile musicians performing at Belmont’s Fisher Center. Among those performing at the event were Carrie Underwood, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, Thomas Rhett, Natalie Hemby, Chris Tomlin, Ellie Holcomb, Tyler Hubbard, The War and Treaty, and Dave Barnes, whose three children all attend Covenant. All proceeds from the concert went toward Covenant’s students, staff and families. Local business owner Youstina Saad partnered with Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More in Green Hills to create a t-shirt
honoring all six victims as well as celebrating the Metro Nashville Police Department. The shirts can be purchased at an online shop or in-person at Nutrishop of Bellevue, of which Saad is the owner. All proceeds will go to both The Covenant School and the MNPD. Popular Nashville clothing brand Hang TN donated 100% of their profits from March 27 through April 17 to the Covenant victims’ families. Another local business, Katherine Kelly Design and Paper Company, has sold over 3,000 “I stand with Covenant” yard signs, with all proceeds will go toward sponsoring counseling and psychiatric services for children and families in The Covenant School community through the Care for Covenant fund organized by the Community Foundation. Signs can be ordered online and picked up at 1208 Pineview Lane. Kelly says that they still have plenty available for purchase, and that the supplies will not run out.
The Nashville Predators Foundation auctioned off game-worn Predators jerseys featuring a Covenant School patch with the proceeds benefitting the Caring for Covenant Fund, Daystar Counseling Ministries, and local first responders. The Predators also partnered with the Tennessee Lottery to bring 200 teachers and their families to the April 13 game against the Minnesota Wild in support of the teaching community following the shooting. The Tennessee Titans partnered with the NFL to donate $100,000 to Covenant Fund. In a similar-but-different act of fundraising, local musician Margo Price, who performed at the community vigil held downtown for the Covenant victims and whose alleged megaphone became a notable part of the gun reform rallies, made a shirt in support of the Tennessee Three. All proceeds go towards Moms Demand Action and Team Enough, two organizations seeking to end gun violence.
Metro Nashville Police Department Youth Services detectives are investigating the death of a three-month-old boy who was found dead inside of a West Nashville Apartment on April 10. According to an MNPD news release, the Old Hickory Boulevard apartment is that of the boy’s daycare provider, and police said that child’s caregiver, 51-year-old Anne C. Jordan, was not at the apartment when the child was found dead by his unidentified mother and another parent. Six other children ranging in age of up to 16 months were also found in that apartment and police determined them to be in “good health.” “Medical staff at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital reported that the deceased child did not have any obvious sign of traumatic injury or medical issues,” the news release reads. On Monday evening, hikers in the nearby Harpeth River State Park found Jordan “suffering from significant lacerations, apparently self-inflicted, to her arms,” and she was flown by medical helicopter to a Nashville hospital. Jordan’s car was also found at the park and is being searched as part of the investigation. Detective John Grubbs is leading this active investigation.
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