person who has kids in schools that are being locked down in reaction to the shooting today is also responsible for reporting on that shooting. it s uncanny, right? you feel for the anchor in that moment, both responsible for covering it and conveying to the public what s going on and also experiencing in her own life, in her own family s life in that moment what it means for them to be in the midst of that same crisis. all right? what are the odds that something like that could happen? that the people who are covering the news will end up having a personal connection to the very gun violence they are responsible for reporting on. it turns out in this country the odds of that are pretty good. hearing from their administrators letting them know that they are okay and that they are monitoring the situation closely. holly, amanda. yeah, speaking of that, i m getting emails from my child s school that they re going into lockdown at this time just as a precaution and at one
for women for years to come. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. some genuine all american heroes are taking us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. it s great to be with my family last week. but i love being back here with you. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. thanks for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here with us tonight. so, this is how the news today in nashville unfolded on live tv and that city. this was in nashville as it happened, live on the channel 4 local news. we do anticipate this news conference starting any moment. this will be the first official news conference where we can hear where police are at with their investigation. is joining us live with some perspective, some personal perspective on this as well. joy lynn? yeah, there s absolutely no word for what s going on today. i m actually a school shooting
kids schools, that people are surviving multiple mass shootings before they are legally allowed to drink, these aren t crazy coincidences. this is a measure of the prevalence of this problem in our country. this kind of stuff is happening over and over and over again because mass shootings really do happen that frequently in the united states. in terms of today s at this hour, police say the shooter is dead. the shooter is a 28-year-old tennessee resident and former student of the school who identifies as transgender, although there was some confusion around that for much of the day today. the shooter has no previous criminal record, was reportedly carrying three firearms, an ar-15 style rifle, an ar style pistol as well as a hand gun. police believe at least two of those weapons were obtained legally in nashville. police say they re still working on a motive inside the shooter s apartment. they say they found some sort of manifesto as well as other writings that police say pertained
and went on a family vacation, families vacation visiting tennessee today, when she and her family and up in the middle of another mass shooting. the fact that reporters are covering shootings at their own kids schools, that people were surviving multiple mass shootings before their legally allowed to drink, these aren t crazy coincidences. this is a measure of the prevalence of this problem in our country. this time, the stuff is happening over and over and over again because mass shootings really do happen that frequently in the united states. in terms of today s, at this hour, police say the shooter is dead. shooter is a 28-year-old twenties tennessee, resident student of the school, who identifies as transgender. although some confusion around that for much of the day today. the shooter has no previous criminal record, was reportedly carrying three firearms, an ar-15 style rifle, an ar style pistols, as well as a handgun,