An armed 28-year-old woman fatally shot three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville before she was shot and killed by police, authorities said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.
The shooter, who was not identified, entered the Covenant School via a side door and was armed with at least two assault-style rifles and a handgun, said Metro Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron. She fired multiple shots on the first and second floors of the school, he said.
A five-member team of police officers heard the gunfire, went to the second floor and fatally shot the woman, Aaron said. The first call about the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. and the shooter was dead 14 minutes later, he said.
Police initially said the shooter appeared to be in her teens but later said she is a 28-year-old White woman who lives in Nashville.
Police Chief John Drake said his initial findings showed she was at one point a student at the school.
A vehicle was located nearby and gave clues as to the suspect’s identity, he added.
The Nashville Fire Department tried to provide lifesaving efforts to those with “viable signs of life” and transported three children along with two adults from the scene, Fire spokesperson Kendra Loney said. They did not survive.
One police officer who responded to the scene was wounded from cut glass, Aaron said.
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