Three children died Monday in a shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, according to officials with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Police said officers shot and killed the shooter, who was not immediately identified.
All three children were pronounced dead after arriving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, according to a hospital spokesman.
The shooting unfolded Monday morning at the Covenant School, a Christian school for students in preschool through sixth grade
John Howser, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told media: "three paediatric patients were transported to Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, all having suffered gunshot wounds".
He later confirmed that all three children had died.
The incident was first reported when Metro Nashville Police Department tweeted: "An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr.
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
"The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd."
"The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd."
The attack took place at Covenant Presbyterian School, WKRN reported.
The Nashville Fire Department wrote on Twitter that there were "multiple patients", though their conditions are currently unknown.
It also hasn't been established whether the victims were pupils, teachers or staff at the school.
Children were reportedly seen being led away from the school in a line by police.
We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School.
— Nashville Fire Dept (@NashvilleFD) March 27, 2023
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.
Local media outlets and ABC report that three children were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead, citing sources at the local Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
An image shared to social media by Peyton Kennedy, a reporter for Nashville's WKRN News 2, purportedly shows students being escorted away from the school.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has said it is participating in the investigation.
The Covenant School in Nashville, where the incident took place, is a private Christian school for students in pre-school through the sixth grade, when students are roughly 11 or 12 years old.
The school is reported to have held an active shooter training program in 2022.
According to its website, the school has approximately 200 students. Local media reported that it implemented an "active shooter" programme in 2022.
In a statement, Tennessee's House Democratic Caucus said that its members are "praying for the children and their families who were shooting victims at the Covenant School".
"Our thoughts are with the families of the entire school community and surrounding neighbourhood," Chairman John Ray Clemmons said.
Freddie O'Connell, a Nashville mayoral candidate, said that Nashville has now "joined the communities that have experienced a school shooting".
According to data compiled by Education Week, there were 12 school shootings in 2023 through 23 March that have resulted in deaths or injuries in the US.
On Monday morning, “an active shooter event” occurred at the Covenant School, a private Christian school at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Students were directed to reconnect with their parents at a nearby church, per a post on Metro Nashville Police Department’s Twitter
The shooter died after being “engaged by” officers, Metro Nashville Police said in a statement. It is currently unclear how the shooter died. The public affairs office for the Nashville Police department told Rolling Stone the officers were in the field and could not confirm details on those injured or dead outside of the information provided by the police via Twitter. FBI special agents have also responded to the scene and are assisting local authorities.
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