Three children were killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning before police “engaged” the suspected attacker, leaving the suspect dead, local officials said.
The shooting happened at The Covenant School, where the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a statement that the suspect was dead but did not specify exactly what led to the death. It did not specify whether the suspect was male or female.
Three children were pronounced dead after arriving at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, John Howser, a hospital spokesperson, said in a statement, according to the local news