Nashville shooting

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.

The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation after the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from ...

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. Helicopter footage from WTVF also showed the officers looking around a wooded area between the campus and a nearby road.

A suspect is dead following a shooting at a private elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, according to police.

My heart goes out to the families of the victims. The school has about 209 students and about 40 to 50 staff members, officials said. Nashville Mayor John Cooper tweeted, "In a tragic morning, Nashville joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting. It appears all the doors were locked, officials said. Alex Apple told ABC News Live that his mother works at the school's front desk. The suspect, a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was shot and killed by authorities in a lobby area on the second floor of the school, according to police.

Police say they shot and killed a 28-year-old female attacker, who 'initial findings' show was a former student at the school.

We believe in prayer and we believe in the power of prayer. Aaron said the shooting happened in a “lobby-type area” and “not in a classroom per se”. We have to do more to stop gun violence.” “We’re monitoring the situation closely. How many more children have to be murdered before Republicans in Congress will step up and act to pass the assault weapons ban, to close loopholes in our background check system or to require safe storage. “The school is kind of situated sideways, if you will. That’s the way we do that in the south. The shooter, who Aaron first said “appeared to be in her teens … Drake said the school did have an active shooter protocol. He said: “There was a door that was entered. “It’s ripping the soul from this nation.” Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, the Nashville police chief, John Drake, said the victims had been identified and their families told.

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.

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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children ...

The Covenant School was founded as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in 2001, according to the school’s website. [Nashville Waffle House in April 2018.](https://apnews.com/article/nashville-travis-reinking-6839ec09d4c4a743bc5c31c54b918290) He was sentenced in February 2022 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The gunman was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. “I have also visited the church in the past. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims. (AP) — Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville was a former student. The suspect — who was wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol — also died after being shot by police. Two officers from a five-member team opened fire in response, fatally shooting the suspect at 10:27 a.m., Aaron said. And our children deserve better,” she said during a National League of Cities conference in Washington. Police said the shooter was armed with two “assault-type” rifles and a pistol. The killings come as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence. The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The three students shot and killed at a Nashville, Tennessee, school were just nine years old. Metro Nashville Police identified the ...

Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooter was trans. Metro Nashville Police Department’s Don Aaron said a five-member team arrived at the scene minutes later. Drake said they knew Hale's address and investigations there were ongoing. Metro Nashville Police identified the children as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney. How are our children still dying and why are we failing them?" The shooting was first reported at 10:13 a.m.

The suspected shooter has been identified as a 28-year-old from Nashville, authorities said.

Responding officers saw the shooter firing on the second level, and at that point, they "engaged" her, Aaron said. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference that the shooting was a targeted attack. "We know and believe that entry was gained by shooting through one of the doors, is how they actually got into the school."

The suspect, who was killed by police, is believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, where the shooting took place. The shooter was ...

They lamented the national cycle of violent and deadly shootings, at one point reciting together, “we confess we have not done enough to protect” the children injured or killed in shootings. “We need to remember. The shooter was armed with two “assault-style” weapons as well as a handgun, authorities said. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas-area within two days of each other. At Belmont United Methodist Church, teary sniffling filled the background as vigil attendees sang, knelt in prayer and lit candles. In all of them, the shooters were males. “And right now, it’s real.” “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” Jozen Reodica heard the police sirens and fire trucks blaring from outside her office building nearby. “The children … The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale currently identified.

Nashville police say the shooter was a 28-year-old who may have been a former student.

"It is ripping at our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation." You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? In the hours that followed the shooting, parents gathered at a nearby church to be reunited with their children. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "Our entire city stands with you." One officer was injured by broken glass during the operation. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. In a statement, Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the city had "joined the dreaded, long list of communities to experience a school shooting". A search of a nearby parked car had led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school. Police have spoken with the attacker's father during a search of a nearby home that is listed as the shooter's address. Six people have been killed in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

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 three children shot and killed were each nine years old, and the three adults killed all worked at the school, police said.

Officers entered the first story of the school building and began to clear it when they heard gunfire on the second level, said Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Officials established a reunification center nearby where students inside the school were transported in the aftermath of the shooting. Authorities believe that two of the weapons may have been obtained legally and locally, according to the police chief. We know and believe that entry was gained by shooting through one of the doors, is how they actually got into the school," Drake said. "We've also determined there were maps drawn of the school in detail of surveillance, entry points, etc. The suspected shooter was fatally shot by police at Covenant School in the city's Green Hills neighborhood, authorities said.

The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was shot and killed by police during the Monday attack, leaving behind “drawn out” maps of the Covenant ...

We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing,” Covenant school said in a statement obtained by CNN affiliate We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. At 10:13 a.m., police got a call of an active shooter inside Covenant school and rushed to the scene. We ask for privacy as our community grapples with this terrible tragedy – for our students, parents, faculty and staff,” the statement continued. Video showed the children holding hands and walking in a line out of the school, where there were community members embracing. Police have referred to Hale as the “female shooter” and at an evening press conference added that Hale was transgender. But experience has taught us that we need to be prepared because in this day and time it is the reality of where we are,” Nashville Metropolitan Councilman Russ Pulley told CNN. A search warrant executed at Hale’s home also resulted in the seizure of a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence, according to police. “I was hoping this day would never ever come here in the city. With six victims, the shooting at Covenant is the deadliest school shooting since the attack in Uvalde, Texas, last May left 21 people dead. Investigators were expected to spend Tuesday processing the scene and gathering more details about what happened during the roughly 14 minutes of terror at the elementary school. The video goes on to show the suspect walking through the hallways, pointing an assault style weapon.

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."

A heavily armed assailant fatally shot six people, including three children, at a private elementary school. The motive for the shooting is under ...

The Covenant School is a private school that was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. The denomination’s report on gender and sexuality, prepared in 2020, refers to “the sinfulness of homosexual and transgender desire as well as conduct.” Chief Drake said the shooter identified as transgender, and officials used “she” and “her” to refer to the attacker. As of Monday evening, the motive was unknown. The assailant was “prepared for a confrontation with law enforcement” and “prepared to do more harm” before being killed, Chief Drake said. The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. [identified the shooter](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/nashville-school-shooting-audrey-hale.html) as Audrey E. A total of 108 people, she added, were transported to the nearby Woodmont Baptist Church, where parents were reunited with their children. Wearing camouflage pants, a black vest and a backward red baseball cap, the shooter walks through rooms and hallways with a weapon drawn. The attack on Monday was the 13th school shooting in the United States this year that resulted in injury or death, according Three students and three adults were fatally shot by a heavily armed attacker on Monday morning at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, according to the city’s Police Department. The authorities were reviewing writings and had made contact with the shooter’s father, Chief Drake said.

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.

Three children and three adults have been killed in by an ex-student at a school in Nashville.

"It is ripping our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation." You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? The mother of one pupil said her son had been left traumatised. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. "These are conversations we shouldn't be having," she added. A search of their home led to officers seizing more firearms. In a search of the shooter's home, more weapons were recovered, in addition to the ones used in the attack, including a sawed-off shotgun and a second shotgun. A search of a nearby parked car led officers to "firmly believe" that Hale was a former student of the school, said police. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said investigators there found a manifesto and "a map of how all of this was going to play out", including entry and exit points at the school building. The suspect drove to the school and got in by firing through one of the school doors, which were all locked. Three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee.

A heavily armed assailant fatally shot six people, including three children, at a private elementary school. The 28-year-old assailant was shot dead by ...

The Covenant School is a private school that was founded in 2001 as a ministry of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. The shooter, who the authorities said was a former student at the school, was shot and killed by the police. The dead included a 72-year-old woman who was asleep in bed; a teenage mother and her infant; and a 19-year-old man. Amanda Rosenberger, who said she was a survivor of a shooting on her college campus, spoke to the crowd. The police received a report of the shooting at 10:13 a.m. The assailant was killed about 14 minutes after the shooting was first reported, according to a police spokesman. At one point, an officer on the second floor calls out that “we’ve got one down.” A series of gunshots — close to a dozen total — is heard. 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. After the police received a first 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. There were additional writings found in the car driven to the school and the family’s home, and officials are also examining a cellphone found in the car. 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.

'Suspect down!': Bodycam footage shows police confrontation with Nashville school shooter: Live updates ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Authorities on Tuesday released ...

Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., whose district includes the site of Monday's mass shooting, received widespread criticism from gun control advocates for a ] [Christmas photo he posted in 2021](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/27/nashville-shooting-congressman-andy-ogles-posed-guns-photo/11552258002/) of his family posing with guns. [told NBC News ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-live-updates-rcna76861)he remembers Hale as a third grader at the school in 2005 and a fourth grader in 2006. The photo, which remained on the congressman's Facebook page as of Monday night, shows his wife and two of his three children smiling and holding firearms in front of a Christmas tree. [Nashville shooting suspect killed by police in 'swift' response] [Nashville police said five officers responded to a 911 call that arrived at 10:13 a.m., and the shooter fired on arriving police vehicles from a second-story window.] [The officers found the shooter on the second floor of the building that houses the school and a Presbyterian church. Koonce earned a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, according to the school website. The staffers were Katherine Koonce, 60, identified on the ] [Covenant website ](https://www.thecovenantschool.com/faculty-staff/)as "head of school"; substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61; and custodian Mike Hill, 61. “We love the Scruggs family and mourn with them over their precious daughter Hallie," Mark Davis, senior pastor at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, said in a statement. In Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers were killed, it took more than 70 minutes to end the threat.] [QUICK REACTION: ] [14-minute timeline: From the Nashville school shooter's break-in to how police responded](https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/03/28/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-police-video/11554333002/) "Audrey, you have so much more life to live," Patton responds in the messages. Body camera footage released Tuesday shows armed Nashville officers swiftly moving from one room to another in the school before confronting Hale. [Police officers lauded for brave, swift action against heavily armed shooter] [In contrast to the painfully delayed police response to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, last year, law enforcement officers in Nashville took quick action Monday, likely saving several lives.] [Five officers from the Metro Nashville Police Department initially descended upon The Covenant School after a call about an active shooter came in at 10:13 a.m., and by 10:27 a.m. "It sounds like it's upstairs," an officer says as they ascend the steps to the sound of gunfire.

How many people were killed? Nashville police said six people, including three students, were killed. The victims were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine ...

Police Chief John Drake said officers found writings that detailed the plan to attack the school and potentially other locations. Police said the shooter had made a detailed map of the school and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre. Investigators were sent to the shooter’s home shortly after Hale was killed, police said. Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyterian school — around 10:15 a.m. At least two of them were believed to have been obtained legally in the Nashville area, police said. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale identified.

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.

Nashville police released video Tuesday from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school, then confronting ...

Next, an interior view shows glass doors to the school being shot out and the shooter ducking through one of the shattered doors. More footage from inside shows the shooter walking through a school corridor holding a gun with a long barrel and walking into a room labeled “church office,” then coming back out. Police later said the shooter fired at arriving officers from a second-story window. At a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said Hale was transgender. Just last week alone, for example, school shootings happened in Denver and the Dallas area within two days of each other. In all of them, the shooters were males. Hale had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre, Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence. “We have a map drawn out of how this was all going to take place.” The new video from Officer Rex Engelbert’s body cam shows a woman greeting police outside as they arrive at The Covenant School on Monday. Officers climb stairs to the second floor and enter a lobby area. The suspect, Audrey Hale, was a former student at the school.

The shooting at a private school in Nashville has reignited a debate in Congress over American gun violence.

“They have a constitutional right to do so,” he said. “It’s an outrage that we can’t find a handful of Republicans.” The law, which required more thorough background checks for gun purchasers under 21 years old but also invested in school-based mental health services and school safety, got support from 14 of the 207 House Republicans who voted. In particular, he said the executive order directed Attorney General Merrick B. “It is time for us to pass that.” Such a move would need support from a majority of the House members.

America's latest mass shooting was put to a stop by police officers minutes after they arrived at Nashville's Covenant School. The shooting - which left ...

On US media outlets, police experts have noted that the response in Nashville stands in stark contrast to police actions during the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. There, police say they recovered more weapons, as well as diagrams and other evidence that makes investigators believe the assault was well-planned. Soon after, the woman, who appears to be in communication with staff members inside, notes that "a bunch of kids" are upstairs. The officers then begin jogging down a hall, past a victim on the floor. The two officers have been identified as Rex Engelbert, a four-year veteran of the force, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year veteran. CCTV footage from inside the school depicts what happens next: glass doors shatter in a flurry of gunshots, allowing the heavily armed suspect to enter.

Security video from inside Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, captured the shooter who killed six people, including three children, blasting through a ...

Police body camera footage released Tuesday, showed the first officer arriving at the school and being met outside by a school staff member who informed the officer, "The kids are all locked down, but we have two kids that we don't know where they are." And the mitigation comes back to the training from people knowing what to do." "From what I've been told, both of those things occurred based on where students and teachers were in relation to the threat." Other video clips released by authorities captured the suspect firing several times at the glass doors on the side of the building. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was fatally shot by police officers on the second floor of the building, next to a broken window where the suspect allegedly fired at the patrol cars as they arrived at the scene. In the wake of recent school shootings, access to campuses and the role

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.

The assailant had been receiving treatment for an "emotional disorder," Nashville's police chief said.

Authorities found a booklet that detailed the entry point into the school, the weapons used and the clothing that the shooter wore in the attack. Drake said that the shooter may have also had other targets in mind, including a mall and possibly some family members. Hill, a school custodian, was shot through a glass door that the shooter used to enter the school, Drake said. Tennessee doesn't have a "red flag" law that could give police the authority to remove weapons from a person, Drake said. Bill Lee said that his wife, Maria Lee, was longtime friends with two of the victims, Koonce and Peak. [Nashville school shooting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-school/) legally bought seven firearms from five local stores and used three of those weapons in Monday's attack.

As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment ...

"Nashville is a wonderful place to be and I feel like that bubble has burst now," said resident Laura Morris, who attended the service. She looked out at the faces of all ages. "It's no longer happening across the country. And at a church down the road, others gathered for a religious service of prayer. Locals kept arriving throughout the day to leave flowers, notes and cuddly toys for the youngest of the victims at a makeshift memorial outside the privately run Christian school. As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment has fallen into a grief-stricken hush.