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Multiple Fatalities in Shooting at Nashville Christian Elementary
[PJMedia] Multiple people are dead following a shooting incident at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Original reports from Fox News said that at least three children and two adults had died. That number rose to seven as more information became available. One officer sustained an injury in the incident. The Covenant School is a private Christian institution for children up to the sixth grade. The three students and three adults were taken by ambulance to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The victims were pronounced dead at the hospital.Originally, it was not clear if one of the deceased was the shooter, although a later report from Nashville Metro Police confirmed that the shooter had been engaged by officers and was killed. “Officers went to the gunfire. When they got to the second floor and saw the shooter, a female. There was a five-member unit that was on the second floor at the time,” MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron said. “We know at this point that this shooter is a female. Her identification isn’t confirmed. She had two assault rifles and a handgun. She entered the school through a side entrance and went from the first school to the second floor. By 10:27 a.m., the shooter was dead.” It is not known if the female shooter had any connection to the school. NewsChannel 5 reports that the shooter is a 28-year-old Nashville resident. Her name has not yet been released. The police department said that other schools in the Green Hills area were placed on lockdown or lockout as a precaution and that parents were notified of the situation. Area roads have been closed during the response to the incident. According to WKRN, ATF Nashville, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have responded to assist with the incident. Related: Nashville: 2023-01-24 Atlanta Antifa terror suspect worked as a production assistant for CNN and is daughter of UK Foreign Office consultant and New Jersey-based Chinese pharma tycoon Nashville: 2022-12-04 Landsburg Germany Airbase USAF Signals Intercept NCO first to learn of Stalin's death Nashville: 2022-10-15 'Not helping the community': George Floyd roommates, others slam BLM in new film Related: School shooting: 2023-03-25 Recent Denver school shooter was "known wolf" School shooting: 2022-11-23 Up to 10 people killed in shooting at Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia School shooting: 2022-11-16 Texas governor declares invasion at border, invokes constitutional powers in historic action Posted by: DarthVader 2023-03-27 |
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