Shooting incident occurred in a religious private school in Nashville, TN where three children and three school staff members were killed by a shooter identified as Audrey Hale.
Shooter was later identified as Audrey Hale ,28 years old ,a former student of the school.
Nashville police identified the victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all nine years old; Cynthia Peak, a substitute teacher, aged 61; Katherine Koonce, aged 60; and Mike Hill, a custodian, aged 61.
Shooter was armed with assault-style rifles and one pistol, authorities said, and the shooting took place in a "lobby-type area" in an upper part of the school. Two of those guns were obtained legally, police said.
Police also said that shooter had also multiple rounds of ammunition with the objective to counter the law enforcement .
Nashville police spokesperson Don Aaron said in a press briefing Monday "The first call came in at 10:13 a.m. The shooter entered the school through a side entrance and traversed her way from the first floor to the second floor, firing multiple shots"
Police said the shooter entered the building by shooting out the glass in a door. Once on the second floor, the shooter fired at arriving police vehicles from a window.
Authorities say the attack unfolded over about 14 minutes. The first call about the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. and the shooter was dead at 10:27 a.m., police spokesperson Don Aaron said.
Detailed map of school and entry points were also recovered from the Hale.
President Biden called the Nashville shooting “sick” and “heartbreaking,” saying it was “a family’s worst nightmare.”
“We have to do more to stop gun violence. It’s ripping our communities apart, ripping at the very soul of our nation,” he said at the White House.
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