Nashville school shooting: 3 students killed; shooter dead

On Monday, at least seven students were killed in a school shooting at a Nashville elementary school in the United States.

According to The Washington Post, the shooter, a young female, is dead, according to police. The suspect entered the school through a side door and was confronted on the second floor of the Church before being killed by Nashville police.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department tweeted, “An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hiils Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd.”

“We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School. We can confirm we have multiple patients. Parents coming to the school should go to 20 Burton Hills at this time. This is an active scene,” said Metropolitan Nashville Police Department in another tweet.

According to Craig Boerner, a spokesman for the hospital, three “paediatric patients” with gunshot wounds have been transported to Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. “After arrival, all were confirmed dead,” Boerner said, reported The Washington Post.

Seven young students with gunshot wounds were taken to Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, according to medical centre officials. Upon their arrival, all seven were declared dead.
The Nashville branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has also dispatched agents to assist the MNPD in response to the attack, according to Fox News.

Local television stations captured footage of a street clogged with SWAT and police vehicles, their lights flashing. According to The Washington Post, sirens could be heard blaring in nearby streets in another video.