Cynthia Cindy Broyles Peak, 61, was killed on March 27, 2023, in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. A substitute teacher and longtime educator, Peak was among six people shot dead that morning when a former student, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, entered the private Christian elementary school armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun.

Three nine-year-old students — Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney — and two other adult staff members, head of school Katherine Koonce, 60, and custodian Mike Hill, 61, were also fatally shot. Metropolitan Nashville Police officers engaged the shooter; Hale was shot and killed by two officers. Investigators said Hale had planned the attack, making detailed maps of the school, conducting surveillance, and legally purchasing seven firearms that were concealed from family members.

Family and friends remembered Peak as a woman of deep faith, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and a pillar of her community who cared for her students. If anyone knew Cynthia Peak or has information about her life and work at The Covenant School, please share what you can.