Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves at least 3 children and 2 adults dead, officials say via nbcnews
Three children and three staff members were gunned down at a private Christian school in Tennessee on Monday before the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.
The shooting unfolded at The Covenant School on Burton Hills Boulevard in Nashville where officers"engaged" the attacker, who was described by police as a 28-year-old woman. The shooter was killed on the school's second floor, a spokesperson said. She had two"assault-type riles and a handgun," according to the official.
Students of the school, which serves preschool students through sixth graders, were being bused to Woodmont Baptist Church, two miles away, to be reunited with their parents.their personnel were responding to an “active aggressor” at 10:39 a.m. CT."They heard shots coming from the second level. They immediately went to the gunfire. When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. The officers engaged her.
Five police officers came upon the shooter and two opened fire on her, Aaron said. The shooter had entered the school through a"side entrance" on the first floor, he added.One officer was hurt by shattered glass, officials said.Shortly after police announced the shooter was dead, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also said “there is no current threat to public safety.”
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