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At least six victims misplaced their lives in a mass capturing at an elementary faculty in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to a number of media stories, the capturing came about early Monday at Covenant School within the Tennessee metropolis. Covenant School is “a private Christian institution” for college students from kindergarten by way of sixth grade, based on its web site.
Per stories, three college students and three grownup employees members have been killed within the assault. Police officers have confirmed that quantity, and in addition famous officers who arrived on scene after the capturing “engaged with and killed the shooter” to cease the assault. The shooter makes a complete of seven lifeless.
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According to ABC News, a number of victims, youngsters and adults, have been rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds early within the morning. Per a supply on the hospital — close by Vanderbilt University Medical Center — that was the place a number of victims have been “pronounced dead.”
On Monday morning, the Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed by way of Twitter that “an active shooter event has taken place” on the faculty, which is on Burton Hills Drive a couple of miles southwest of downtown Nashville:
An lively shooter occasion has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is lifeless. Student reunification with mother and father is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd. pic.twitter.com/vO8p9cj3vx
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 27, 2023
The Nashville Fire Department additionally weighed in by way of the social media web site.
They delivered unsettling information that their first responders picked up “multiple patients” after an “active aggressor” state of affairs on the faculty’s tackle:
We are responding to an lively aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School.
We can affirm now we have a number of sufferers.
Parents coming to the college ought to go to twenty Burton Hills right now. that is an lively scene.— Nashville Fire Dept (@NashvilleFD) March 27, 2023
Oh, no…
In a press convention held hours afterward Monday morning, the MNPD formally confirmed the casualties as being three college students in addition to three adults who labored on the faculty. It is unclear whether or not the adults have been academics or assist employees members. It can also be not clear as to the ages or grade ranges of the kids.
During the media briefing, legislation enforcement officers famous that just one different individual was damage within the assault: a responding police officer who obtained a hand harm from damaged glass whereas participating the shooter. Thankfully, that harm was apparently not extreme.
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As for the shooter, that individual’s identification has not been launched. However, an MNPD spokesperson on the press convention did point out the deceased shooter was “a female teenager.” She was apparently carrying a minimum of two assault-model rifles and a handgun on the time she was engaged by responding officers.
More data was not made accessible on the preliminary media convention. At the top of the press occasion, Nashville police officers stated they plan to conduct one other information briefing “soon.”
So, so scary and unhappy. We are BEYOND sick of faculty shootings and mass violence. And we’re praying for the households and youngsters concerned.
If you’re experiencing emotional misery associated to incidents of mass violence, you may name or textual content the Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990 or go to their web site at https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline for extra sources.
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