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At least three children and three adults killed in shooting at Nashville elementary school
Nashville police say female shooter is now dead following an attack on a Tennessee private school with about 209 studentsMartin Pengelly and agencies
Mon 27 Mar 2023 13.36 EDT
Three children and three adults were killed by a female shooter at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, police said.
Police officers shot and killed the attacker at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian church on Burton Hills Drive.
Authorities did not immediately identify the shooter or the victims.
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 know that she was armed with at least two assault-type rifles and a handgun. We are [trying] now to identify her.
“She entered the school through a side entrance and traversed her way from the first floor to the second floor, firing multiple shots.
“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.”
The shooter was dead by 10.27am, Aaron said. The first call about the shooting came at 9.30am.
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