Nashville Shooter Manifesto Released by Steven Crowder Sparks Boycott Calls

The release of the alleged Nashville school shooter's manifesto by conservative commentator Steven Crowder has sparked one organization to call for a boycott of his show, Louder with Crowder.

The Metro Nashville Police Department had identified Audrey Hale, 28, as the shooter who left three children and three adults dead in March. On Monday, Crowder released portions of Hale's alleged manifesto on his social media channels. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, Crowder also shared screenshots of the manifesto, in which Hale allegedly wrote about a "death day," and her plans to "have a high death count."

"The Uvalde Foundation For Kids is frankly livid at the insensitivity of Crowder who has prematurely & for his own self centered interest & show ratings released these documents," the organization, created following the school shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022, that left 19 children and two adults dead. said in a press release on Monday.

"The Uvalde Foundation For Kids is calling for a formal boycott of the commentators show and encourages Crowder to sit and look into the eyes of these haunted families of Covenant and the countless others who have lost loved ones due to gun violence; and claim this was a good idea. Frankly—Crowder should be ashamed," the organization said on its website.

Newsweek reached out to Crowder via email on Tuesday and the Uvalde Foundation for Kids via its website for comment.

Police had said that the shooter, who was killed by police after having opened fire on March 27 at the private Christian school, which Hale had once attended, identified as transgender. Officials also said at the time they had recovered a manifesto from Hale. They have not officially released the manifesto and a spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department told Newsweek on Monday: "We have not released that and at this point we are unable to confirm the authenticity of what has been released, although we are looking into that at this very moment."

Responding to the remarks by the Metro Nashville Police Department, Crowder told Newsweek on Monday that he stands by his reporting.

"As this matter is being addressed by the courts, the FBI will not be commenting on the reported documents," a spokesperson for the FBI told Newsweek on Monday.

In the press release, the Uvalde Foundation for Kids said that Crowder's actions releasing the alleged manifesto caused trauma "to those families and community still healing from the tragedy and who are unprepared for such an immature, out of context release is unproductive if not dangerously destructive in the wrong hands & to the healing and eventual learning process of the Nashville and national community."

"Crowder fails to show any true understanding or care of the lengthy legal process involved in releasing the manifesto; nor the sensitive matter of prematurely releasing these writings; particularly given the mitigating circumstances of this unprecedented case; including the addition of new parties, lawsuit deliberations and the families of the victims themselves calling for privacy," the organization added.

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