FEMALE SHOOTER, AGE 28, KILLED BY POLICE IN 14 MINUTES FROM DISPATCHED CALL FOR HELP
The Nashville Fire Department said on Twitter there are “multiple patients” but their conditions were not immediately known. The shooting occurred at The Covenant School. The shooter died after being “engaged by” officers, Metro Nashville Police said in a Twitter post. YouTube Tips ⓘ
Police and firefighter/paramedics from Nashville, Tennessee responded at 10:13 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2023 to a report of a mass shooting at Covenant School at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 33 Burton Hills Blvd in Nashville.
According to the Metro Nashville PD, the shooter was engaged by MNPD, and is dead. A female shooter was engaged by two police officers in a team of five officers, and she was shot and killed. The female initially appeared to be in her teens, and she was armed with two rifles and a handgun. She was later identified as a 28 year-old Nashville woman.
She entered the school through a side entrance and went from the first floor to the second floor, firing shots. The shootings occurred in a lobby type area on the second floor.
The shooter was deceased by 10:27 a.m. when she was shot by police.
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, also known as Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, confirmed that three children were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead. Initially the number of victims wounded was not available.
CASUALTIES …
3 Children killed
3 Adults killed1 Shooter shot, killed by police
Initially there were no other shooting victims reported.
Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd. On a typical day there would be 209 students and about 42 staff members. There was no Metro Police School Resource Officer assigned to the school.
One police officer was injured by broken glass.
There is security video available from the school that is being investigated.
An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd. pic.twitter.com/vO8p9cj3vx
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 27, 2023
We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School.
We can confirm we have multiple patients.
Parents coming to the school should go to 20 Burton Hills at this time. this is an active scene.— Nashville Fire Dept (@NashvilleFD) March 27, 2023
UPDATE: 3 students & 3 adult staff members from Covenant School were fatally shot by the active shooter, who has now been identified as a 28-year-old Nashville woman.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 27, 2023
PRESS CONFERENCE #1 …
Nashville Metro Police holds press conference after shooting at The Covenant School in Green Hills (WKRN News 2/ABC affiliate). YouTube Tips ⓘ
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The information in this article is an early report published before any summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.
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