Three children and three staff members were gunned down at a private Christian school in Tennessee on Monday before the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.
The shooting unfolded at The Covenant School on Burton Hills Boulevard in Nashville where officers "engaged" the attacker, who was described by police as a 28-year-old woman.
The shooter was killed on the school's second floor, a spokesperson said. She had two "assault-type riles and a handgun," according to the official.
Students of the school, which serves preschool students through sixth graders, were being bused to Woodmont Baptist Church, two miles away, to be reunited with their parents.
Police said they first got calls about the shooter at 10:13 a.m. CT and Nashville firefighters first reported their personnel were responding to an “active aggressor” at 10:39 a.m. CT.
"The police department response was swift," police spokesperson Don Aaron told reporters.
"They heard shots coming from the second level. They immediately went to the gunfire. 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."
Five police officers came upon the shooter and two opened fire on her, Aaron said. The shooter had entered the school through a "side entrance" on the first floor, he added.
"By 10:27 the shooter was deceased," Aaron said.
One officer was hurt by shattered glass, officials said.
The names and ages of the victims have not been released.
Shortly after police announced the shooter was dead, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also said “there is no current threat to public safety.”
The Covenant School employs 33 teachers with an 8-to-1 student-to-instructor ratio, according to its website.
On a normal day of class, there would be 209 students and 42 staff members on campus, Aaron said.
The school was founded in 2001 as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church, and shares the same address as the church.
The fire department helped usher the children out of the school, carefully trying to help them from seeing the carnage.
“We were on scene to help them mitigate anyone from seeing exactly what else as going on,” fire department spokesperson Kendra Loney said. "But we're sure they heard the chaos surrounding this."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden has been briefed on the school shooting.
In a statement, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said: "I am closely monitoring the tragic situation at Covenant. As we continue to respond, please join us in praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community."
The gunfire in Nashville on Monday follows multiple shootings on campuses across the country.

just another day in the good ol' USA...

America is the most terrorize country in the world. Everybody got a gun

I can't fathom all these school shootings, may God comfort the bereaved.

normal, very normal, in USA. This is their life.

This kind of news shattered my mind.
In america o.
The happiness of their families destroyed forever.
Why?
Why american politicians keep failing their country and their people?
Why?

A biological female?? Or a trans female?.. make we know.

As individual I wonder what can one do to stop these kind of nonsense.
Only their politicians can stop it but they are not interested.
It bring big shame to their country. Its unique american problem.

American politicians are at level of politicians in third world countries.
Even many of our politicians are better than those american stupid politicians.
Now liar trump want to come back as president.
What a clueless country.

The news pain me.
Five people shot dead as if they were in syria or afghanistian.

Since when does school shooting make news in USA, it's a normal thing