• Three 9-year-old children and three adults were killed Monday in a shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, police said.
• Two of the victims were school employees. One was the head of the school and the other a custodian, according to the school.
• The shooter, a 28-year-old female resident of Nashville, police say was once a student at the school, was killed during gunfire with police, authorities said.
• The attack, which police said was a targeted one and involved prior planning, was the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a year. The shooter had drawn detailed maps of the school, police said, including the entry points to the building. Police have also located writings from the shooter that they are reviewing.
Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas released a statement Monday confirming that their former pastor, Chad Scruggs, lost his daughter Hallie in Monday’s shooting at the Covenant School.
CNN had reported that Hallie Scruggs was among the three 9-year-old students shot and killed in the shooting.
Audrey Hale graduated from Nossi College of Art & Design in Nashville last year, the school's president confirmed to CNN Monday.
Nossi College of Art & Design is described on its website as "the only college in Tennessee designed specifically as an art school."
Police earlier identified Hale, 28, as the shooter Monday in the killing of three 9-year-old students and three adults at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville where the shooter was a former student. Hale was shot and killed by police during the attack, which was the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.
A LinkedIn profile said Hale worked as a freelance graphic designer and a part-time grocery shopper.
Two Covenant School employees are among the victims of Monday's mass shooting, according to the school.
Katherine Koonce was identified as the head of the school on its website.
Mike Hill was identified in the staff section of the Covenant Presbyterian Church’s website, which is now offline. He was listed as facilities/kitchen staff. A friend of Mike Hill confirmed his image to CNN. Hill, 61, was a custodian at the school, per police.
President Joe Biden has ordered the flags at the White House and all federal buildings be flown at half-staff to honor the victims from Monday's school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
The order will be in effect until Friday, according to the White House.
Police have located a manifesto and a map associated with the shooting at the Covenant School, according to Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake.
The 28-year-old shooter had drawn detailed maps of Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during a news conference Monday.
He added that the school was the only location targeted by the shooter.
The three students who were shot and killed at Covenant School were all 9 years old, the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a tweet Monday.
They have been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, according to police.
Three adults were also killed in the shooting. They have been identified as 61-year-old Cynthia Peak, 60-year-old Katherine Koonce and 61-year-old Mike Hill, police said.
The 28-year old shooter who killed six people at a private school in Nashville was once a student at the school, according to initial findings from police.
At a Monday press conference, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said, "From my initial findings, at one point, she was a student at that school."
He added that he was unsure what year she had attended the school.
Drake did not give the woman's name and said the investigation was ongoing. He said police have identified where she lived in Nashville.
There was a "car nearby that gave us clues" into who she was, he added.
The shooter was killed by police after fatally shooting three adults and three children at Covenant School on Monday.
A woman working across the street from the Covenant School described watching the police arrive at the scene of the Monday morning mass shooting in Nashville.
Jozen Reodica, who works at Shearwater Health across the street from the Covenant School, told CNN she realised something was wrong when she saw several police cars arrive at the scene.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called on lawmakers — including Republicans — to pass gun safety legislation in the wake of the Nashville school shooting that resulted in six dead Monday.
She pointed to President Joe Biden's remarks calling for Congress to address gun violence during his State of the Union address last month.
Jean-Pierre said Biden will address the Nashville shooting during scheduled remarks at the White House Monday afternoon. She said the president has been briefed on the shooting and is in contact with officials.
A female shooter was killed by police after killing three students and three adults at the Covenant School, according to Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron.
Any legislation to pass comprehensive gun legislation faces an uphill battle in a divided Congress, while the Republican-controlled House has shown little interest in gun control legislation.
Still, Jean-Pierre said Biden would continue to call on Congress to take action, adding Biden “has done almost as much as he can from the federal level to show how important this is to him.”
The shooter who killed six at a Nashville private school on Monday morning was a 28-year-old woman, according to police. Authorities previously said she appeared to be a teenager.
"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," police said in a tweet.
In a news conference earlier, a spokesperson for the police department had said the deceased shooter appeared to be a teenager.
The woman has still not been identified by name. Police have not shared a possible motive for the shooting or identified a connection between the woman and the school.
Monday morning's shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, is the 128th mass shooting in the US so far in 2023, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.
The Gun Violence Archive, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
Three students and three adults were killed at the Covenant School. The shooter, an unidentified female who police said seemed to be a teenager, was also killed in a shootout with police.
Last year, the US hit 100 mass shootings on March 19, per the GVA. The previous year, 2021, saw a late March date as well. From 2018 to 2020, the country didn't reach 100 mass shootings until May.
First lady Jill Biden reacted to the Nashville school shooting while at an event in Washington, DC, on Monday.
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the Nashville school shooting, according to a White House official.
At least three children and three adults were killed, police said. Several agencies are responding.
Officials do not yet know the identity of the shooter who killed at least six at a Nashville private school on Monday morning.
Don Aaron of the Metro Nashville Police Department said that police are still working to identify the shooter, who was fatally shot by police.
"We do not know who she is," he told reporters at a press conference.
He said that they do not yet know whether she had any connection to the school, although she "appeared" to be a teenager.
At least three students and three adults are dead following a shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, police said Monday.
We now know that there are three students who were fatally wounded as well as three adults inside the school. We are working to identify those victims. Including the shooter, a total of seven persons were killed as a result of this morning's incident at the school.
Don Aaron of MNPD
Five of the six shooting victims were transported to an area hospital, Aaron said. All those who were shot are dead, he added.
"Three students who were shot are deceased. Three staff members who were shot are deceased," Aaron told reporters.
The shooter who opened fire at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, was a female, according to police.
Don Aaron of the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a news conference Monday that the shooter "appears to be in her teens," but her identification has "not been confirmed."
Aaron said that officers arriving to the scene encountered "a female who was firing."
Two responding officers opened fire on the shooter and she was fatally shot, Aaron said.
She was armed with at least two "assault-type" rifles and a handgun, Aaron added.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is monitoring the situation at the Covenant School in Nashville after an active shooting killed at least three children Monday.
The governor said in a tweet that the Tennessee Department of Safety and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are both assisting other agencies on the scene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also said it is helping.
The incident took place at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. The local fire department said that officials were rushed to the site.
The Nashville Fire Department said on Twitter: "We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School. We can confirm we have multiple patients."
According to the school's website, the Covenant School, founded in 2001, is a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville with about 200 students.
