Three children and three adults are gunned down at private Christian elementary before police took out shooter
- The shooting took place on Monday at The Covenant School in Nashville
- Nashville Metropolitan Police officers shot the assailant dead at the scene
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Six people – including three children – are dead after a female shooter believed to be in her teens opened fire at a private school in Nashville.
The incident took place at the Covenant School, an elementary school on the outskirts of the city.
Police say the shooter – who has not yet been named – killed three kids and three adults before being shot dead by police. Her identity has not yet been confirmed, but police say they believe she was a teenager.
‘We do not know who she is. She does appear to be in her teens,’ Don Aarons, the spokesman for Nashville Metropolitan Police said at a press conference on Monday.
Shortly before 10.13am, the shooter entered the school through a side door and began opening fire on the second floor.
Police arrived at the scene and heard the gunshots coming from the 2nd floor. By 10,.27am, she had been shot dead. She was armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun.
Parents have been told to collect their children from a nearby church, but no other information has been given.
‘I know this is probably the worst day of everyone’s lives.
‘I can’t tell you how sympathetic we are,’ a Metro Police officer was heard telling the parents as they waited at a nearby church for updates.
Neighbors of the school watched as parents frantically rushed to the scene to find their children.
‘Everyone as a parent are terrified.
