The Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, a state-level law enforcement agency, conducted interviews of transgender and alleged cyberstalker McKenzie McClure while Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) did not take action.
According to the criminal complaint against McClure, who left a voicemail of a “threatening nature” for her former school Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) in Nashville, the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security became involved in the investigation of McClure. As of now, there are no publicly available details as to how the department became involved in the case.
MNPD previously told The Tennessee Star it did not interview McClure but had discussions about her with “out of county” law enforcement and “other entities” but would not give more details.
“With prosecution pending, we have nothing further to add,” MNPD Public Affairs Director Don Aaron told The Star in an email.
The Star has sent inquiries to other law enforcement agencies, including the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security asking why and how the Department became involved in the investigation. The Star did not receive responses to its questions by press time.
The Star has also asked MNPD whether CPA requested MNPD to investigate McClure after she left her voicemail and whether McClure’s conduct could reflect a violation of Tennessee’s stalking prohibition.
Stalking is a Class A misdemeanor in Tennessee, carrying a maximum prison sentence of nearly one year and a maximum $2,500 fine. Aggravated stalking, which occurs under specific circumstances, is a Class E felony, which carries a prison sentence between one and six years and a fine up to $3,000.
McClure, who also goes by Kalvin, was arrested by federal agents on April 29, according to the criminal complaint. The document cited McClure’s voicemail to CPA and her social media activity as probable cause for her arrest.
In her voicemail, McClure told CPA to “trust me when I say unless you want another Deadpool 2, you killed by my hand type of stuff. You know exactly what I am talking about.”
In a post to an X account confirmed to be hers by the criminal complaint, McClure threatened Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and his wife, who McClure claimed taught her in fourth grade.
Also Bill Lee knows if he makes one wrong move it’s Joever for him and my 4th grade teacher… i.e., his WIFE.
— 009 (@KaiNumberNine) April 25, 2024
“Also Bill Lee knows if he makes one wrong move it’s Joever for him and my 4th grade teacher… i.e., his WIFE,” McClure posted the same day Lee made a visit to CPA’s campus, according to the criminal complaint.
McClure was charged with two counts of domestic assault in 2022 in Williamson County, though the charges were dropped the following year, The Star previously reported. Her parents, David and Michele Stephens, were listed by court documents as witnesses in the case.
McClure also bears marked biographical similarities to Audrey Hale, the perpetrator of the Covenant School shooting on March 27, 2023, The Star previously reported.
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Matthew Giffin is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Matthew on X/Twitter.
Photo “McKenzie McClure” by McKenzie McClure.
Protect the trans at all cost.
Same old stone walling when it comes to “gender confused” killers. Who is being protected?
MNPD is so up to their neck in these things, that there is no way for them to get out from underneath it. History will show how inept and dishonest they, along with Nashville govt, really are.