Nashville shooting

The suspect is dead after a confrontation with police. The shooting occurred Monday at The Covenant School.

“My heart goes out to the families of the victims. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. “In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper tweeted, thanking first responders and medical professionals. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens. “In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting,” Mayor John Cooper wrote on Twitter.

Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday ...

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At least three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday before police shot and killed the ...

News of the shooting in Nashville targeting school children and educators is incredibly heartbreaking. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. Shamender Talwar, a social psychologist from Britain who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. He said he was one of several chaplains, psychologists, life coaches and clergy inside supporting the families. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place." At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area.

The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation after the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. Helicopter footage from WTVF also showed the officers looking around a wooded area between the campus and a nearby road.

Officials say three adults and three children were killed in a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville.

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church, according to the school’s website. Shamendar Talwar, a social psychologist from the United Kingdom who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. He said he was one of several chaplains, psychologists, life coaches and clergy inside supporting the families. Two officers from a five-member team opened fire in response, fatally shooting the suspect at 10:27 a.m., Aaron said. “From school shootings historically, very often we think that people have some historical connection or emotional connection to the school. The suspect’s identity as a woman surprised experts on mass shootings.

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance ...

[S&P/TSX composite up in late-morning trading, U.S. stock markets were mixed to start the trading week. A federal lawsuit filed Monday by the city of St. Police say they have found the sixth and seventh bodies inside a building in Old Montreal that burned down 11 days ago and do not expect find any more victims. Tennessee state senators met for about 12 minutes on Monday after agreeing to delay taking up any bills due to the shooting. Shamendar Talwar, a social psychologist from the United Kingdom who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. She saw one woman fall to her knees and grab her chest. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place." At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school ...

Shamendar Talwar, a social psychologist from the United Kingdom who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. He said he was one of several chaplains, psychologists, life coaches and clergy inside supporting the families. Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. Tennessee state senators met for about 12 minutes on Monday after agreeing to delay taking up any bills due to the shooting. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. “The children … "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian ...

Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. The shooter was armed with two “assault-style” weapons as well as a handgun, authorities said. In all of them, the shooters were males. Tennessee state senators met for about 12 minutes on Monday after agreeing to delay taking up any bills due to the shooting. Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. “And right now, it’s real.” "I stand before you today heartbroken.” “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” “The children … The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified.

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance ...

Shamendar Talwar, a social psychologist from the United Kingdom who is working on an unrelated mental health project in Nashville, raced to the church as soon as he heard news of the shooting to offer help. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. He said he was one of several chaplains, psychologists, life coaches and clergy inside supporting the families. Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. “And right now, it’s real.” Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. “The children … The suspect’s identity as a woman surprised experts on mass shootings. At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016.

Nashville police said an "active shooter event" had occurred at the Covenant School and that the shooter was dead. A hospital said three children and two ...

As a parent, I both ache for them and rage with them that fear of this kind of tragedy is just accepted as just part of what it means to raise kids these days." I have also visited the church in the past. On a regular day there would be about 209 students and 42 staff members at the school, Aaron said. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the parents of the children who were killed have been notified. Aaron said he was not aware of any other gunshot victims from the shooting. [The shooting](https://wpln.org/post/law-enforcement-investigating-suspected-shooting-at-green-hills-school/) occurred at Covenant School, a private religious school in Nashville.

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance ...

[World](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world) [Jumbled wreckage complicates U.S. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, "we confess we have not done enough to protect" the children injured or killed in shootings. In some U.S. Police later said in a tweet that the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area, according to the chief. "People were involuntarily trembling," said Dibble, whose children attend a different private school in Nashville. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place." After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified. The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school's top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. [Nashville Waffle House in April 2018.](https://apnews.com/article/nashville-travis-reinking-6839ec09d4c4a743bc5c31c54b918290) He was sentenced in February 2022 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The gunman was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. “I have also visited the church in the past. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. (AP) — Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville was a former student. The suspect — who was wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol — also died after being shot by police. Two officers from a five-member team opened fire in response, fatally shooting the suspect at 10:27 a.m., Aaron said. And our children deserve better,” she said during a National League of Cities conference in Washington. Police said the shooter was armed with two “assault-type” rifles and a pistol. The killings come as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence. The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation.

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and done surveillance before ...

[World](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world) [Jumbled wreckage complicates U.S. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, "we confess we have not done enough to protect" the children injured or killed in shootings. Police later said in a tweet that the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing." At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area, according to the chief. Bill Lee and Nashville Mayor John Cooper about the shooting, officials said. "People were involuntarily trembling," said Dibble, whose children attend a different private school in Nashville. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place." After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified. The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school's top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian.

Police officers stand on a school's campus under blossoming trees. Metro Nashville Police officers are seen at the scene of an active shooter event ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. The reporter said she has not been able to speak with her mother-in-law but said her husband had. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. On WTVF TV, reporter Hannah McDonald said that her mother-in-law works at the front desk at The Covenant School.

Nashville police say the shooter was a 28-year-old who may have been a former student.

"It is ripping at our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation." You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? In the hours that followed the shooting, parents gathered at a nearby church to be reunited with their children. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "Our entire city stands with you." One officer was injured by broken glass during the operation. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. In a statement, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the city had "joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting". A search of a nearby parked car had led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school. Police have spoken with the attacker's father during a search of a nearby home that is listed as the shooter's address. Six people have been killed in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

A suspect is dead following a shooting at a private elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, according to police.

My heart goes out to the families of the victims. The school has about 209 students and about 40 to 50 staff members, officials said. Nashville Mayor John Cooper tweeted, "In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting. It appears all the doors were locked, officials said. Alex Apple told ABC News Live that his mother works at the school's front desk. The suspect, a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was shot and killed by authorities in a lobby area on the second floor of the school, according to police.

Police say they shot and killed a 28-year-old female attacker, who 'initial findings' show was a former student at the school.

We believe in prayer and we believe in the power of prayer. Aaron said the shooting happened in a “lobby-type area” and “not in a classroom per se”. We have to do more to stop gun violence.” “We’re monitoring the situation closely. How many more children have to be murdered before Republicans in Congress will step up and act to pass the assault weapons ban, to close loopholes in our background check system or to require safe storage. “The school is kind of situated sideways, if you will. That’s the way we do that in the south. The shooter, who Aaron first said “appeared to be in her teens … Drake said the school did have an active shooter protocol. He said: “There was a door that was entered. “It’s ripping the soul from this nation.” Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, the Nashville police chief, John Drake, said the victims had been identified and their families told.

The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was shot and killed by police during the Monday attack, leaving behind “drawn out” maps of the Covenant ...

We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing,” Covenant school said in a statement obtained by CNN affiliate We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. At 10:13 a.m., police got a call of an active shooter inside Covenant school and rushed to the scene. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff,” the statement continued. Video showed the children holding hands and walking in a line out of the school, where there were community members embracing. Police have referred to Hale as the “female shooter” and at an evening press conference added that Hale was transgender. But experience has taught us that we need to be prepared because in this day and time it is the reality of where we are,” Nashville Metropolitan Councilman Russ Pulley told CNN. A search warrant executed at Hale’s home also resulted in the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence, according to police. “I was hoping this day would never ever come here in the city. With six victims, the shooting at Covenant is the deadliest school shooting since the attack in Uvalde, Texas, last May left 21 people dead. Investigators were expected to spend Tuesday processing the scene and gathering more details about what happened during the roughly 14 minutes of terror at the elementary school. The video goes on to show the suspect walking through the hallways, pointing an assault style weapon.

Three children and three adults have been killed in by an ex-student at a school in Nashville.

"It is ripping our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation." You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? The mother of one pupil said her son had been left traumatised. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. A search of their home led to officers seizing more firearms. In a search of the shooter's home, more weapons were recovered, in addition to the ones used in the attack, including a sawed-off shotgun and a second shotgun. A search of a nearby parked car led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school, said police. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators there found a manifesto and "a map of how all of this was going to play out", including entry and exit points at the school building. The suspect drove to the school and got in by firing through one of the school doors, which were all locked. Three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed ...

More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Late Monday night, police released approximately two minutes of edited surveillance video showing the shooter’s car driving up to the school from multiple angles, including one in which children can be seen playing on swings in the background. They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.” Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. “The children … Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake did not say exactly what drove the shooter to open fire Monday morning at The Covenant School before being killed by police.

Investigators seeking clues to the latest bout of mass gun violence in the U.S. pored over a "manifesto" and other writings uncovered after three children ...

so far this year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, a website founded by researcher David Riedman. "We have to do more to stop gun violence," Biden said at the White House. The school serves preschool through sixth graders and held an active-shooter training program in 2022, local television station WTVF-TV reported. The three slain school children, all age 9, were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. The footage then shows the assailant stalking through a hallway as alarm lights flash. He said the Covenant School was singled out for attack but that the individual victims were targeted at random.

Authorities are searching for answers after a shooter killed six people at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.

"We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our church and school," the school said. "We have not been able to determine a motive as of yet," the chief said. "We do have a map of the school, where it was diagramed how she would enter and how she might proceed to take on potential victims." "That moment changes everything for you, because we all can relate to the innocence of it." We need Congress to do their part." "I'm going to keep calling it out, remind people that they’re not acting," he said. 1 killer of children in America," he said. Drake had told reporters on Monday that the suspect was female and identified as transgender but didn't immediately provide more details. Hale allegedly shot through a locked door on the side of the school to gain entry, according to police. After an officer shouted "reloading," the video shows officers Rex Engelbert, a four-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran, firing at the suspect. The victims were found in different locations, Drake said. The adult victims were identified as 61-year-old substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill and 60-year-old Katherine Koonce, who was head of the school.

The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed ...

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The three children shot and killed were each nine years old, and the three adults killed all worked at the school, police said.

Officers entered the first story of the school building and began to clear it when they heard gunfire on the second level, said Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Officials established a reunification center nearby where students inside the school were transported in the aftermath of the shooting. Authorities believe that two of the weapons may have been obtained legally and locally, according to the police chief. We know and believe that entry was gained by shooting through one of the doors, is how they actually got into the school," Drake said. "We've also determined there were maps drawn of the school in detail of surveillance, entry points, etc. The suspected shooter was fatally shot by police at Covenant School in the city's Green Hills neighborhood, authorities said.

Police say Audrey Hale attended the Covenant School in Nashville, where six were killed Monday.

[shooting](https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/03/27/6-people-killed-in-tennessee-elementary-school-shooting-officials-say/?sh=25ac57c44335) took place Monday morning, with law enforcement [reporting](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-shooting-tennessee-leaves-multiple-injured-shooter-dead-officia-rcna76841) they were first alerted to the shooter at 10:13 a.m. According to the [Violence Project](https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database/), out of 172 mass shootings that had taken place prior to the Nashville attack that had killed more than four people, only four assailants had been female. Approximately 209 students and 42 faculty members were on campus on a typical day, [according](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-shooting-tennessee-leaves-multiple-injured-shooter-dead-officia-rcna76841) to police spokesperson Don Aaron. [6 People Killed In Tennessee Elementary School Shooting, Officials Say](https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/03/27/6-people-killed-in-tennessee-elementary-school-shooting-officials-say/?sh=25ac57c44335) (Forbes) [Nashville School Shooter Allegedly A 28-Year-Old Woman—An Extreme Rarity In Mass Shootings](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/03/27/nashville-school-shooter-allegedly-a-28-year-old-woman-an-extreme-rarity-in-mass-shootings/?sh=40ea8eef865e) (Forbes) [Nashville Christian school shooter was a former student, police chief says](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nashville-christian-school-shooter-appears-former-student-police-chief-rcna76876) (NBC News) There are 131 mass shootings in total that have taken place so far in the U.S. President Joe Biden [called](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/27/biden-tennessee-school-shooting-gun-control-congress) the shooting “heartbreaking” on Monday and called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban—which Republicans are still [resisting](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3920813-senate-gop-gun-reform-legislation-unlikely-after-nashville-school-shooting/)—saying gun violence was “ripping our communities apart” and the U.S. Covenant School is a private Christian school that [describes](https://www.thecovenantschool.com/welcome/) itself as “helping children become who God intends them to be,” and the school was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. [K-12 School Shooting Database](https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings). A typical student.” [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nashville-christian-school-shooter-appears-former-student-police-chief-rcna76876) he remembered Hale as a third and fourth grade student in 2005 and 2006, noting Hale didn’t appear in the yearbook after that and likely transferred, saying there was “nothing unusual” about the student and Hale was “just a typical co-ed. [confirmed](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-live-updates-rcna76861), describing the suspect as a “talented artist and good student,” and the suspect’s personal website said Hale was a freelance graphic designer and illustrator with two cats who “enjoy[s] binging on video games, watching movies, and playing sports,” according to [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/nashville-shooter-audrey-hale/story?id=98166039). [shooting](https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/03/27/6-people-killed-in-tennessee-elementary-school-shooting-officials-say/?sh=25ac57c44335) at Covenant School Monday that killed six people, and have identified the alleged shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale—here’s what we know about the suspect so far.

'Suspect down!': Bodycam footage shows police confrontation with Nashville school shooter: Live updates ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Authorities on Tuesday released ...

Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., whose district includes the site of Monday's mass shooting, received widespread criticism from gun control advocates for a ] [Christmas photo he posted in 2021](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/27/nashville-shooting-congressman-andy-ogles-posed-guns-photo/11552258002/) of his family posing with guns. [told NBC News ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-live-updates-rcna76861)he remembers Hale as a third grader at the school in 2005 and a fourth grader in 2006. The photo, which remained on the congressman's Facebook page as of Monday night, shows his wife and two of his three children smiling and holding firearms in front of a Christmas tree. [Nashville shooting suspect killed by police in 'swift' response] [Nashville police said five officers responded to a 911 call that arrived at 10:13 a.m., and the shooter fired on arriving police vehicles from a second-story window.] [The officers found the shooter on the second floor of the building that houses the school and a Presbyterian church. Koonce earned a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, according to the school website. The staffers were Katherine Koonce, 60, identified on the ] [Covenant website ](https://www.thecovenantschool.com/faculty-staff/)as "head of school"; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and custodian Mike Hill, 61. “We love the Scruggs family and mourn with them over their precious daughter Hallie," Mark Davis, senior pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, said in a statement. In Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers were killed, it took more than 70 minutes to end the threat.] [QUICK REACTION: ] [14-minute timeline: From the Nashville school shooter's break-in to how police responded](https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/03/28/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-police-video/11554333002/) "Audrey, you have so much more life to live," Patton responds in the messages. Body camera footage released Tuesday shows armed Nashville officers swiftly moving from one room to another in the school before confronting Hale. [Police officers lauded for brave, swift action against heavily armed shooter] [In contrast to the painfully delayed police response to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, last year, law enforcement officers in Nashville took quick action Monday, likely saving several lives.] [Five officers from the Metro Nashville Police Department initially descended upon The Covenant School after a call about an active shooter came in at 10:13 a.m., and by 10:27 a.m. "It sounds like it's upstairs," an officer says as they ascend the steps to the sound of gunfire.

There were also reactions on Twitter from Chris Janson, Brett Young, Carly Pearce, Sheryl Crow and Randy Houser. Mickey Guyton tweeted: “I try to stay off here ...

The amount of mental gymnastics it must take for that to make sense, I can't fathom it. Jason Isbell tweeted that Lee could do something but “you just don’t have the spine for it. absolute terror every time a child goes to a place that should be safe.” Shame on every single politician ok with doing nothing as CHILDREN are getting assassinated on an everyday basis in a place that is supposed to be their safe haven.” “Our children are dying and being shot in school but you’re more worried about drag queens than smart gun laws? But it only seems to happen here.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former student shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school Monday and killed three children and three adults after ...

They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, “we confess we have not done enough to protect” the children injured or killed in shootings. More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Police later said in a tweet that the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window and had come armed with significant ammunition. Late Monday night, police released approximately two minutes of edited surveillance video showing the shooter’s car driving up to the school from multiple angles, including one in which children can be seen playing on swings in the background. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.” The shooter was armed with two “assault-style” weapons as well as a handgun, authorities said. In all of them, the shooters were males. “Our community is heartbroken,” a statement from the school said. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Police gave unclear information on the gender of the shooter, who police say was fatally shot by two responding officers at the school. The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian.