A shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville has left at least three children and three adult staff members dead, authorities said Monday.
The shooter, described by police as a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, also was killed. Authorities initially indicated the assailant was in her teens.
Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metro Nashville Police Department, said a “female shooter was firing, the officers engaged her, she was fatally shot by responding police officers.”The shooter was “armed with at least two assault rifles and a handgun,” Aaron said.
Children and a woman depart the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting, Monday in Nashville, Tenn.
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A group prays with a child outside the reunification center after a school shooting Monday in Nashville.
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Children from the Covenant School in Nashville hold hands as they’re taken to a church to reunite with their parents.
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Family members wait at Woodmont Baptist Church to reunite with children after a shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.
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A family leaves a reunification site in Nashville, Tenn., Monday.
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A woman kisses a child at the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting in Nashville, Tenn.
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Adults walk with a child at a reunification center after a school shooting in Nashville.
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School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at the Covenant School.
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A man walks with children at Woodmont Baptist Church after a school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.
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Children from the Covenant School hold hands as they wait to reunite with their parents.
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A family leaves a reunification site in Nashville.
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