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A deadly shooting unfolded Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, killing at least three children and three adults in addition to the shooter.
The violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school with about 200 students in preschool through sixth grade, is the latest in a string of mass shootings in a country increasingly worried about bloodshed in schools. The latest.
Details continue to emerge in the investigation into what, how and why happened.
Here’s what we know so far:
When and where did the shooting take place?
According to the Nashville Fire Department, The incident took place at the Covenant School at 33 Barton Hills Boulevard.
The tragedy unfolded over about 14 minutes. Police received their first call to the shooter at 10:13 am.
The shooter was killed by police shortly before 10:30 a.m., police said.
Covenant School is a private Christian school serving students from preschool through sixth grade. The school is located in the affluent Greenhills neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville.
Who are the victims?
At least three children and three adults were killed in the shooting.
A spokesman for Vanderbilt University Medical Center confirmed three pediatric patients were taken to the facility, all with gunshot wounds. All three were pronounced dead after arrival, according to hospital spokesman John Hauser.
Victims were identified before 4pm and ranged in age from 9 to 61 years old.
“The six victims who were fatally shot by an active shooter at a Covenant school have been identified as: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and Cynthia Peak, 61. , Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61. “Metro Nashville Police Department murmured.
What do you know about shooters?
The shooter was identified as a 28-year-old Nashville resident named Audrey Hale. According to NBC NewsAccording to Nashville Police Chief John Drake, Hale was a former student at the school and was armed with two assault rifles and a handgun.
Nashville police said she was also armed with a handgun.
Did you have a motive?
The motive was not immediately clear.
Drake said police had a manifesto and a map showing how Hale planned to stage the attack. He said another location was mentioned in the document but was ultimately not targeted due to high security.
According to the police chief, Hale has been identified as a transgender woman, and police are investigating whether that played a role in the motives for the attack.
Highland Park mother, who survived last summer’s 4th of July parade shooting, speaks to reporters at the scene of Monday’s deadly Nashville school shooting to reduce mass shootings He called on lawmakers to pass gun safety laws.
How did the shoot unfold?
Police spokesperson Don Aaron said in a news briefing that officers began clearing the first floor of the school when they heard gunshots coming from the second floor.
Aaron said two police officers from a team of five opened fire and shot the suspect dead at 10:27 a.m. He said there were no police officers at the school at the time of the shooting as it is a church-run school.
The female shooter was killed by police on the second floor of The Covenant School building within 15 minutes of the first 911 call reporting her firing. Police said she entered the school through a side door on the ground floor, but she has not yet been identified.
what else do we know?
The killings come as communities across the country are reeling from a series of school violence. Elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texaslast year; first grader who shot his teacher in virginia; and Taken last week in Denver Injured two administrators.
Nashville has experienced large-scale violence in recent years.
for Christmas 2020An RV intentionally exploded in the heart of Music City’s historic downtown, killing a bomber, injuring three others, and forcing more than 60 businesses to close.
A man opened fire, killing four people. Nashville Waffle House in April 2018. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in February 2022.
September 2017, masked gunman opens fire At the Barnett Chapel Church of Christ, I walked silently down the aisles shooting at the unsuspecting congregation. One person died and seven were injured. The gunman was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole in 2019.
