Chad Scruggs, the daddy of one of many six victims of the Nashville school capturing, has come forth with a press launch on the shortage of his daughter, Hallie.
Hallie, 9, was named as one amongst three kids who had been victims of the Nashville school capturing. Audrey Hale, 28, attacked the Covenant School, a private Christian school on Monday, March 27. Hale moreover shot and killed three grownup employees members: custodian Mike Hill, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, and school head Katherine Koonce. Audrey Hale was shot and killed by police as they arrived on the scene.
Chad Scruggs, an space Christian pastor, shared a shifting assertion with reporters after Hallie was named a sufferer. “We are heartbroken. She was such a gift,” Scruggs acknowledged in light of the tragedy. “Through tears we trust that she is in the arms of Jesus who will raise her to life once again.”
Who is Chad Scruggs?
Chad Scruggs is the current lead pastor on the Covenant Presbyterian Church. This church depends in Nashville, Tennessee, the place the tragedy took place.
Scruggs served as an affiliate pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCPC) in Dallas, Texas from 2013 to 2018. He started out on the perform inside the church the an identical yr his daughter Hallie was born. Scruggs then relocated over 600 miles away to Nashville the place he joined the Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Scruggs moreover served as a campus minister at Reformed University Fellowship at Southern Methodist University.
The 9-year-old daughter of the lead pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church was killed in yesterday’s school capturing, his former church confirms in a press launch. This is a {photograph} of Chad Scruggs and his daughter Hallie in 2019. pic.twitter.com/Dl9WEnzjJG
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 28, 2023
Chad Scruggs’ sister speaks on the shortage of Hallie
Hallie Scruggs was the youngest of 4 kids born to Chad and his partner, Jada Scruggs. The couple has three older sons: John Randall, 16, Charlie, 14, and Carter, 12.
Kara Scruggs Arnold, Chad’s youthful sister, and Hallie’s aunt spoke to PEOPLE after the tragedy. Kara outlined how the family is a “very close-knit, down-to-earth community and family,” sooner than together with that they “literally did everything together. They were very close, but it was sports, sports, sports.”
Kara touched on the connection between Hallie and her older brothers: “She was right there with her big brothers every step of the way and ready to get into anything, and there was no challenge she wasn’t ready for. She was just a beautiful, big, huge light.”
PCPC pays tribute to Hallie and her family
On Tuesday, March 28, a specific service was held at Park Cities Presbyterian Church. Senior Pastor Mark Davis led the service to pay tribute to Hallie Scruggs, a former member of their church. Hallie was baptized at this church when she was youthful.
“What a joy she was to so many,” Davis acknowledged of the youthful sufferer. “How fun she was and lord help us to picture her where she is now.”
Tragically, two households associated to PCPC had been affected by the tragedy in Nashville, regardless of it being over 660 miles away. Davis led a prayer for the family of 61-year-old Cynthia Peak, one different sufferer of the Covenant School capturing. The substitute teacher was the sister of two PCPC members.
Our concepts are with the Scruggs family and all these affected in light of this robust data.
