A female shooter, now reported to be a 28-year-old Nashville resident, killed three children and three adult staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville Monday morning, Metro Nashville Police Department Public Affairs Director Don Aaron said in a press conference around noon. The shooter was killed by MNPD, Aaron added. Officials expect to provide more details in a conference later today.
Calls of the shooting occurred around 10:13 a.m. and MNPD alongside Metro Nashville Fire Department (MNFD) responded to the scene immediately, according to officials from both agencies.
“Officers entered the first story of the school, began clearing it, they heard shots coming from the second level and immediately went to the gunfire,” he said. “When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. The officers engaged her. She was fatally shot by responding police officers.”…