Covenant School mother, Melissa Alexander, wipes her eye as she engages in a prayer service leading up to a special session of the state legislature before a news conference at the state capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The Covenant School in Nashville was subject to a mass shooting which killed three students and three adults on March 27. The first names of children killed in the shooting are displayed on the wardrobe of the mother. (AP Photo/John Amis)
