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At least five killed in latest US school shooting Six killed in latest US school shooting
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The suspect is reportedly dead after being confronted by the police in Nashville, Tennessee A female suspect has been fatally shot by police in Nashville, Tennessee, after murdering three children and three adults
At least five people have been killed in America’s latest mass shooting, an incident at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, that reportedly ended with the suspect’s death after the police arrived on scene on Monday.  At least six people have been killed in America’s latest mass shooting, an incident at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, that reportedly ended with the suspect being shot dead by police on Monday.
The shooting occurred in the morning at Covenant School in southwest Nashville. “The shooter was engaged by MNPD (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department) and is dead,” the police said. Three children and three adult staff members were murdered in the shooting, which began around 10 a.m. at Covenant School in southwest Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron told reporters. The unidentified shooter was female and appeared to be in her teens.
Local authorities haven’t yet provided specific information on deaths and injuries. “We can confirm we have multiple patients,” the Nashville Fire Department said. A spokesman for Vanderbilt University Medical Center said three children and two adults with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead after arrival. It wasn’t clear whether the shooter was among the deaths counted in the hospital’s casualty figures. Responding officers were clearing the school’s first floor when they heard shots fired from the second level, Aaron said. A team of five officers “immediately went to the gunfire” and saw the shooter firing her weapon. Two of the officers shot the suspect, killing her within 14 minutes of receiving the first emergency call about the incident, the spokesman said.
Police and fire officials directed parents of Covenant School students to a nearby staging area, at Woodmont Baptist Church, to be reunited with their children. The shooter entered the school through a side door and began firing multiple shots as she traversed to the second story. She was armed with two assault rifles and at least one handgun.
Founded in 2001, the Covenant School is a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, which is located in the same complex. The school serves children from preschool age through 6th grade. Police and Nashville Fire Department officials directed parents of Covenant School students to a nearby staging area, at Woodmont Baptist Church, to be reunited with their children.
Founded in 2001, the Covenant School is a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, which is located in the same complex. The school serves children from preschool age through 6th grade. It has more than 200 students and 40 staff members.
The US has had dozens of school shootings in the past year, leading to increased calls for new restrictions on gun ownership. The US Congress last June passed the country’s first major gun control legislation in nearly three decades. Momentum for that bill was triggered by a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.The US has had dozens of school shootings in the past year, leading to increased calls for new restrictions on gun ownership. The US Congress last June passed the country’s first major gun control legislation in nearly three decades. Momentum for that bill was triggered by a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.