At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms.
An armed woman fatally shot three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville before she was shot and killed by police.
The 28-year-old 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. She fired multiple shots on the first and second floors of the school.
Nashville Christian school shooter appears to be a former student:
A heavily armed woman who gunned down three children and three staff members at a Nashville school on Monday appears to be a former student of the private Christian campus, police said.
“At one point she was a student at that school,” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters hours after the shooting at The Covenant School. “But unsure what year … but that’s what I’ve been told so far.”
The shooter was identified as Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, according to the chief, who said she identifies as transgender.
There were no answers on Monday afternoon at multiple phone numbers listed for Hale’s mother and brother.
According to police, Hale was armed with two “assault-style rifles and a handgun” when she was confronted by five officers. Two of those opened fire and killed her, police said.
