Kelsea Ballerini's Emotional Tribute To Nashville School Shooting Victims At CMT Awards

Kelsea Ballerini delivered an important message. The country singer opened the 2023 CMT Music Awards by dedicating the show to gun violence victims following the recent school shooting in Nashville. "Tonight's broadcast is dedicated to the ever-growing list of families, friends, survivors, witnesses and responders whose lives continue to forever be changed by gun violence," she said. "On March 27, 2023, three 9-year-olds, Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs along with Dr. Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill walked into The Covenant School and didn't walk out."