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William Joseph ’Will’ Kinney was a 9-year-old third-grade student at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. On the morning of March 27, 2023, a heavily armed assailant attacked the private Christian elementary school and fatally shot Will during the rampage.

Two other 9-year-old students, Evelyn Dieckhaus and Hallie Scruggs, and three adult staff members — head of school Katherine Koonce, 60; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and custodian Mike Hill, 61 — were also killed. The attacker, a 28-year-old woman who had been a former student at the school, fired 152 rounds from a military-style semiautomatic rifle and a handgun and was killed by police at the scene. Because the sole perpetrator died at the scene, there were no arrests in connection with the shooting.

If anyone knew Will, his classmates, or staff at The Covenant School and can share memories or information, please come forward.