Nashville police say they shot and killed the attacker, who ‘appears to be in her teens’ and carried two assault-style rifles and a pistol
Three children and three adults were killed by a female shooter at an elementary school in Nashville,Police officers shot and killed the attacker at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian church on Burton Hills Drive.Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Nashville police, told reporters: “We know at this point that this shooter is a female. She appears to be in her teens although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture.
“We now know that there are three students who were fatally wounded, as well as three adults inside the school. We are working to identify those victims. Including the shooter, a total of seven persons were killed as a result of this incident.”Aaron said an officer was wounded from cut glass but he knew of no other injuries.
There have been at least 89 instances of gun violence at kindergarten through 12th grade schools or school activities in the US this year, according toThe five dead made the Nashville shooting the 128th mass shooting in the US this year, according to the, which defines a mass shooting as one where at least four people are wounded or killed, not counting the attacker.
A woman whose mother teaches at the school told news networks they texted while the attack was in progress. “My mother in law is the front desk angel … and she was at the school this morning,” McDonald said. “However, Diana was able to come out of this safe. She actually stepped away to take a break.
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