At least three minors and three adults have been shot and killed by a heavily armed 28-year-old former student who stormed the Presbyterian College of the Covenant, a private early childhood and elementary school in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday. The attacker died after police intervened.
The attacker entered the school through a side entrance armed with two assault rifles and a handgun and killed three nine-year-olds and three school workers, Nashville Police said. The fatalities include two women, ages 61 and 60, and a 61-year-old man.
Officers entered through the first floor at 10:27 a.m. They heard gunshots on the first floor. They heard gunshots on the second floor and eventually managed to shoot the woman.
The first data already pointed to the fact that she was a former student of that school», explained the chief of the Nashville Police, John Drake, quoted by CNN. For the moment the identity of the attacker has not been revealed, but the police already know where she lived.
Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville had previously confirmed three minors and two adults. »Three pediatric patients have been transported to Vanderbilt’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, all with gunshot wounds. All three have been pronounced dead upon arrival» at the facility, the hospital said, according to local NBC affiliate WSMV television.
A meeting point for victims and family members has been set up at the Woodmont Baptist Church at 2100 Woodmont Boulevard, police said.
All area hospitals are on alert, local news portal Scoop Nashville has reported.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper posted a message on social media. »On this tragic morning Nashville has joined the fateful list of communities that have experienced a school shooting. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. The entire city is with you,» he said.
News is still coming in, but I want to thank the emergency services and health care professionals,» Cooper added.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
