Sandy MaloneNashville, TN – At least three children were shot by an active shooter at a private Christian grade school located in a Presbyterian church in Nashville on Monday morning.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said officers engaged the gunman and fatally shot him on March 27 at the private grade school located in the Covenant Presbyterian Church on Burton Hills Boulevard in Nashville.
Sources told WTVF that three children were shot by the gunman before police intervened.
Officials have not confirmed the number of victims, nor have they released their ages.
Authorities also have not released any information about medical conditions of the children that were transported to nearby hospitals by the fire department, WTVF reported.
The student body includes children from Preschool through 6th Grade, according to the school’s website.
Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have responded to the scene to assist MNPD.
Officials have not yet released any information about the identity of the shooter or their motive.
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
🚨#BREAKING: Active shooter event taking place with multiple casualties reported inside at the Covenant School ⁰⁰📌#Nashville | #Tennessee
Currently numerous law enforcement and other agencies are responding to a mass casualty event with multiple children shot inside the… pic.twitter.com/aXwnVLt735
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 27, 2023
🚨BREAKING: 4 dead, multiple injured, after a gunman opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/l9vu1SCx20
— Truthseeker (@Xx17965797N) March 27, 2023
Officers are telling us at least four people, including a shooter, are dead at the Covenant School at 33 Burton Hills Blvd. @WKRN
We’re on our way to the scene. pic.twitter.com/OIGhlbgPwW
— Peyton Kennedy (@peytonTVkennedy) March 27, 2023
We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School.
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.— Nashville Fire Dept (@NashvilleFD) March 27, 2023
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Holly Matkin
