Nashville

The suspect is dead after a confrontation with police. The shooting occurred Monday at The Covenant School.

“My heart goes out to the families of the victims. The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. “In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper tweeted, thanking first responders and medical professionals. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens. “In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting,” Mayor John Cooper wrote on Twitter.

A female shooter who appeared to be a teenager fatally shot three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, before she was shot ...

“In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. I saw a policeman run to the scene and then after a few minutes kids were already crossing,” Reodica said. She later spoke to her mother on the phone and learned she was safe. Jozen Reodica, who works at Shearwater Health across the street from the school, took video of police escorting students out of the school on Monday. “They (police) started to close down the roads. A vehicle was located nearby and gave clues as to the suspect’s identity, he added. On a typical day it has 209 students and 40 to 50 staff members, Aaron said. The shooter, who was not identified, entered the Covenant School via a side door and was armed with at least two assault-style rifles and a handgun, said Metro Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron. Last week, two faculty members were shot and wounded by a student at a The first call on the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. Police are working to analyze video from the school showing the incident, he added.

Nashville police said an "active shooter event" had occurred at the Covenant School and that the shooter was dead. A hospital said three children and two ...

As a parent, I both ache for them and rage with them that fear of this kind of tragedy is just accepted as just part of what it means to raise kids these days." I have also visited the church in the past. On a regular day there would be about 209 students and 42 staff members at the school, Aaron said. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the parents of the children who were killed have been notified. Aaron said he was not aware of any other gunshot victims from the shooting. [The shooting](https://wpln.org/post/law-enforcement-investigating-suspected-shooting-at-green-hills-school/) occurred at Covenant School, a private religious school in Nashville.

Al menos tres niños y tres adultos murieron por heridas de arma de fuego luego de un tiroteo este lunes en la escuela primaria Covenant School de Nashville.

"Acabamos de enterarnos de otro tiroteo en Tennessee. En 2022, Estados Unidos alcanzó los 100 tiroteos masivos el 19 de marzo, de acuerdo con el Gun Violence Archive. en lo que va de 2023, según Y nos unimos, todos nosotros, nos unimos a Nashville en la oración", dijo la primera dama. Un tiroteo en una escuela. Señaló que la policía identificó dónde vivía en Nashville. La escuela imparte clases desde preescolar hasta sexto de primaria y cuenta con una matrícula media de unas 200 personas en los últimos años, según su sitio web. De 2018 a 2020, el país no alcanzó los 100 tiroteos masivos hasta mayo. La atacante resultó muerta y las autoridades señalan que su conexión con la escuela aún no está clara. El tiroteo de este lunes por la mañana en la Covenant School de Nashville, Tennessee, es el 129º tiroteo masivo en EE.UU. La atacante de 28 años que mató a seis personas en la Covenant School de Nashville fue una vez alumna de la institución educativa, según las primeras averiguaciones de la policía. (CNN) -- Al menos tres niños y tres adultos murieron luego de un tiroteo este lunes en la escuela primaria Covenant School, informó la policía de Nashville en una conferencia de prensa.

El tiroteo ocurrió en la escuela Covenant de Nashville, un centro cristiano privado para estudiantes desde preescolar hasta sexto grado.

La policía de Nashville informó que sus agentes se enfrentaron a la atacante, una mujer que iba armada y que murió. Al menos 3 niños y 3 adultos han muerto en un tiroteo en una escuela de Nashville, en Tennessee (EE.UU.), según informaron las autoridades locales. Nashville: una mujer mata al menos a 3 niños y 3 adultos en un tiroteo en una escuela

Agentes de policia llegan al colegio Covenant, en Nashville, Tennessee, tras el tiroteo, este lunes.

Por el mismo medio, los bomberos avisaron después a los padres de que se había establecido un “lugar de reunificación” con sus hijos en una iglesia baptista cercana al colegio. En 2022, la cuenta ascendió a 647. Entonces, murieron 19 niños y dos profesoras a manos de Cuando los uniformados se presentaron en la escuela en respuesta a una llamada de las 10.13 a los servicios de emergencia, escucharon disparos en el segundo piso, dijo Aaron. La noticia, que rápidamente se convirtió en un asunto de alcance nacional, saltó al final de la mañana, gracias a un tuit del Departamento de Bomberos de la ciudad del centro del país. Los médicos solo pudieron certificar su muerte, según dijo Craig Boerner, portavoz del Centro Médico de la Universidad de Vanderbilt. La cuenta asciende a casi 1,5 por día. El mensaje pedía a los padres que no se presentaran en el lugar, donde los hechos estaban “aún en desarrollo”. Una vez arriba, dos de los agentes abrieron fuego y mataron a la atacante. “Estamos respondiendo a un agresor activo en la escuela Covenant”, decía. [La historia, dolorosamente familiar en un país arrasado por una epidemia de violencia armada,](https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-07-13/matanza-de-uvalde-un-video-revela-la-irrupcion-del-asesino-y-la-inaccion-de-la-policia.html) se repitió este lunes. Llevaba al menos “dos rifles de asalto y una pistola”, dijo.

La agresora, una adolescente, murió después de ser "confrontada por" los agentes, informó la Policía Metropolitana en una publicación de Twitter.

La escuela primaria tiene 33 maestros y una matrícula de entre 195 y 210 estudiantes, dijo el sitio web. La escuela está ubicada en el próspero vecindario de Green Hill, justo al sur del centro de Nashville, cerca de las mejores universidades de la ciudad y hogar del famoso Bluebird Café, un lugar querido por músicos y escritores de canciones. La reportera dijo que no ha podido hablar con su suegra, pero dijo que su esposo sí. Un tiroteo en una escuela primaria cristiana privada en Nashville se cobró la vida de seis personas, entre ellas tres niños, el lunes. No quedó claro de inmediato si el tirador se suicidó o si lo disparó la policía. Tres estudiantes que fallecieron y tres adultos, miembros del personal de la escuela, que han muerto", detalló un portavoz de la policía local.

Los tres niños tenían heridas de bala debido al tiroteo en The Covenant School, una primaria presbiteriana con unos 200 estudiantes de preescolar a sexto año.

The Covenant School fue fundada en 2001 como un ministerio de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Covenant, según su sitio web. La agresora también falleció después de confrontarse con la policía, pero se desconoce por el momento si es una de las seis personas muertas. De momento se desconoce si alguien más resultó herido en el ataque.

Police officers stand on a school's campus under blossoming trees. Metro Nashville Police officers are seen at the scene of an active shooter event ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. “I have also visited the church in the past. The reporter said she has not been able to speak with her mother-in-law but said her husband had. Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. On WTVF TV, reporter Hannah McDonald said that her mother-in-law works at the front desk at The Covenant School.

The shooter was also killed after police officers responded on Monday morning at the Covenant School, the authorities said.

Founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Covenant School bills itself as “intentionally small” with about 200 students, according to The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. Officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the shooter, but, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, the shooter appeared to identify as male in recent months. “I want a politician to sit in a church with families and 250 kids downstairs that are white as a sheet and trembling and gray and yellow and green and blue because of the shock.” Rachael Anne Elrod, the Metro Nashville School Board chair, said she was inside “the worst waiting room you can imagine” as officials set about reuniting children with their parents. A few women gathered around a livestream of the news conference, gasping and shaking their heads. Hallie Scruggs was the daughter of Chad Scruggs, the pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, according to a biography published online by his former church in Dallas. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place,” he said. Chief Drake said that the assailant was “at one point a student” at the school. The police in Nashville identified the six victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9, and the adults as Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher; Mike Hill, 61, a custodian; and Katherine Koonce, 60. In the clip, two sets of glass doors shatter from bullets before the assailant ducks into the building through the broken glass. In the latest episode of gun violence that has devastated American families and communities, the assailant opened fire just after 10 a.m.

The shooter who attacked the Covenant School in Nashville was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who law enforcement said may have once attended the ...

"While at our school, she was a talented artist and a good student," Vatandoost said of Hale. Animals are my second passion, so I also enjoy spending time with my two cats." A neighbor of the family told ABC News that Audrey Hale lived at the family's home with Hale's parents, who the neighbor described as "very nice" and "very religious."

Audrey Hale, the school shooter who killed six people in Nashville on Monday, appears to be a former student of the Christian campus, police said.

"She was loved and appreciated like all of our students.” “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” ... She was just a typical co-ed. “She targeted random students in the school ... “She was just one of our young ladies. A typical student.”

En vivo: Sigue la última hora y noticias del tiroteo en la escuela de Nashville, Tennessee: Tres niños y tres adultos muertos, incluida la mujer tiradora.

A través de una conferencia de prensa, las autoridades confirmaron el deceso de tres menores y res adultos, incluyendo la persona que atacó al lugar. Los padres que vienen a la escuela deben ir a 20 Burton Hills en este momento. Una mujer de 28 años ha sido identificada como la responsable del tiroteo. “Nuestras más sinceras preocupaciones y oraciones son para las familias de la Iglesia Presbiteriana Covenant, la Escuela Covenant y la comunidad de Nashville. Las autoridades creen que el tirador asistió previamente a la escuela cristiana en cuestión. ”¿Cuántos niños más tienen que ser asesinados antes de que los republicanos en el Congreso den un paso al frente y actúen?

Authorities released graphic body camera footage showing the fatal confrontation between police and the shooter at the private religious school.

Surveillance footage shows Hale driving to the school in a Honda Fit and then shooting out the glass of a side door in order to enter the building. Graphic body camera footage released Tuesday shows multiple officers sweeping the school, as an alarm blares and gunshots are heard in the distance. At a vigil, Evelyn's sister cried as she said, "I don't want to be an only child." Hale also shot at responding officers through a second-story window, authorities said. Authorities initially identified Hale as a woman, but later clarified that Hale used he/him pronouns. The attacker, who police identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale of the Nashville area, was a former student of the school.

The big picture: The suspect was shot and killed by police and has been identified as a 28-year-old former student of The Covenant School, where the shooting ...

- In response to a reporter's question, police confirmed Hale identified as transgender but provided no further details on this at the press conference. - Drake said Hale had drawn detailed maps of the school, including of surveillance and entry points. "We have a map drawn out of how this was all gonna take place." "So I call on Congress, again, to pass my [President Biden](https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden)who later spoke with Tennessee Gov. - The school said it was grateful to first responders "who acted quickly to protect our students, faculty and staff," and appreciated the support it received as it continued to "prioritize the well-being of our community." - "We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing." - "We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church," the statement added. - Officers seized evidence including a "sawed-off shotgun" and a second shotgun in a search of the suspect's home, police said in a statement late Monday. It serves children in grades preschool through sixth grade. - A "team of five immediately within the school went to where gunshots were being heard and engaged the suspect," Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during a - The MNPD in a statement late Monday called the attack "calculated and planned."

Authorities are searching for answers after a shooter killed six people at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.

"We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our church and school," the school said. "We have not been able to determine a motive as of yet," the chief said. "We do have a map of the school, where it was diagramed how she would enter and how she might proceed to take on potential victims." "That moment changes everything for you, because we all can relate to the innocence of it." We need Congress to do their part." "I'm going to keep calling it out, remind people that they’re not acting," he said. 1 killer of children in America," he said. Drake had told reporters on Monday that the suspect was female and identified as transgender but didn't immediately provide more details. Hale allegedly shot through a locked door on the side of the school to gain entry, according to police. After an officer shouted "reloading," the video shows officers Rex Engelbert, a four-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran, firing at the suspect. The victims were found in different locations, Drake said. The adult victims were identified as 61-year-old substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill and 60-year-old Katherine Koonce, who was head of the school.

Las autoridades revelaron en las últimas horas nuevos detalles del ataque ocurrido este lunes en la escuela Covenant de Nashville, en Tennessee (EE.UU.) ...

"Tenemos el corazón roto", le dijo a ABC News en un comunicado. En el registro del domicilio de Hale se recuperaron más armas. La atacante dejó un manifiesto que podría aclarar este último punto. "A través de las lágrimas confiamos en que está en los brazos de Jesús, que la resucitará de nuevo". Chad Scruggs describió a su hija como "un regalo". En total llevaba tres armas, según la policía.

Los videos fueron tomados por las cámaras corporales de dos oficiales del Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Nashville y muestran la redada policial ...

En la segunda planta es cuando encuentran a Hale y las imágenes muestran el enfrentamiento armado entre ambas partes que termina con el deceso del tirador. Según las autoridades, Hale consiguió las armas legalmente a pesar de sufrir de un "desorden emocional". Para el atentado del lunes utilizó tres de ellas, una pistola y dos rifles de asalto. Las autoridades de Nashville, en conjunto con agentes del FBI, reportan haber recabado múltiples pruebas sobre los planes de Hale. Posteriormente, se ve a las fuerzas de seguridad entrando al edificio y asegurando cada aula de la escuela. El tirador se identificaba como hombre transgénero y escribió un "manifiesto" previo a cometer la masacre.

The Nashville school shooter warned that “something bad is about to happen” in messages to a former basketball teammate hours before opening fire Monday.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Former headmaster Bill Campbell said he remembered Hale as a third grader in 2005 and a fourth grader in 2006, and believes Hale transferred after that school year. There were also indications that Hale had planned to target other locations, Drake said. The office told her to call a Substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61, school head [Katherine Koonce](https://www.thecovenantschool.com/faculty-staff/), 60, and custodian Mike Hill, 61, were also killed, police said. “Even thinking back to that, she would have not been a troubling person,” Buchanan said Tuesday. In their last message, Hale said that something bad was about to happen and asked for forgiveness. [Nashville police release new details into deadly school shooting](https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/nashville-police-release-new-details-into-deadly-school-shooting-166967365961) [Three children and three adults were killed](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/school-shooting-tennessee-leaves-multiple-injured-shooter-dead-officia-rcna76841) in the shooting. Patton said she was told someone would come out to her home. By the time they showed up hours later, she had already left for a meeting. "I'm trying to still understand ... Hale is transgender, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Monday.

As investigators searched for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, the close-knit community there was struggling with ...

The children were running the bases — “grieving the way kids do,” Ms. “And in the very next breath, you think, ‘Well, I might be dead, too.’ I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to process those conflicting thoughts.” He was “beloved by the faculty and students who filled him with joy for 14 years,” the statement said. Hill, a father of seven and grandfather of 14, liked to cook and spend time with family, his family said in a statement. Scruggs acknowledged that “he’s in shock.” The congregation also had ties to Ms. Koonce’s and a director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville. He described the anguish caused by the shooting — “the emptiness, the lack of understanding, the desperate desire for answers, the desperate need for hope,” he said. “The reality is, this event in Nashville is not merely an event for one school or one church or city,” said Paul Goebel, an associate pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian. The authorities said on Tuesday that the 28-year-old perpetrator had legally purchased seven firearms recently — including the three used in the shooting — and was being treated by a doctor for an emotional disorder. “I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably,” he said. Hill and Evelyn were all dead, as were two other 9-year-old students and a substitute teacher who had been fatally shot in the attack. And there were bright students like 9-year-old Evelyn Dieckhaus, “a light for her family,” her pastor said.