Although the name of the suspect, Audrey Hale, appears in the third paragraph of this Associated Press news story about the Nashville shootings, at no point in AP’s ultra-politically-correct article is Hale referred to as “he” or “she” or even “they,” but always and only as “Hale” or “the suspect.”
We must wait until the 23rd paragraph of this 33-paragraph story to find the first reference to the shooter’s gender:
“Police have given unclear information on Hale’s gender. For hours Monday, police identified the shooter as a woman. Later in the day, the police chief said Hale was transgender. After the news conference, Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale identified.
“In an email Tuesday, police spokesperson Kristin Mumford said Hale ‘was assigned female at birth. Hale did use male pronouns on a social media profile.’ Later Tuesday, at the news conference, Drake referred to Hale with female pronouns.”