a woman has shot dead at least six people at a private christian primary school. a number of children are among the dead. the gunwoman herself has been killed. the police gave this update a short time ago. we know at this point that this shooter is a female and she appears to be in her teens, although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture. we know that she was armed with at least two assault type rifles and a handgun. freddie o connell is a mayoral candidate in nashville hejoins me now. absolutely tragic morning in nashville what more can you tell us? tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i knowa member of tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a member of my team has family in that school in the family constituent in that school and have multiple friends with children at that school and all there is his heartbreak among the chaos. we ve been waiting for hours to confirm people that
onboard. sanchez bianna golodryga once again, a school shooting in america now what s rare about this recurring nightmare in the us is that we re hearing this time the shooter was a woman national police reporting that the shooter was 28 years old families are gathering in despair. the covenant school in nashville. police say the shooter went on a rampage inside the small private school located inside a church gunning down three children and three adults. the call came in at 10 13 am local time short time ago with spokesman said police came upon the attacker as she was opening fire and killed her. officers entered the first story of the school began clearing it, they heard shots coming from the second level. the immediately went to the gunfire. when the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter and female who was firing. the officers engaged her she was fatally shot. by responding police officers. the situation is still unfolding, and authorities are directing fami
elementary school. we are learning that multiple patients , law enforcement says multiple patients are being treated. cnn s emerald walker has been tracking this fast developing story. amra another horrific shooting in america. what are you learning? yeah listen, it s always heartbreaking, but it s starting to feel routine. unfortunately right, because we re constantly feels like reporting about a school shooting in this country. we don t have much. but as you said, multiple patients is what we are getting from nashville fire. we are expecting local law enforcement to give the media an update on the situation. as we are told it is an active scene. some new information we are learning. is that the fbi? this is according to cnn s nick valencia. the fbi has deployed agents to assist in this active shooter investigation. the gunman is dead. as you said, apparently he or she had engaged with police. we don t know the circumstances surrounding that, but again, the most important th
getting word three children had been rushed to a nearby hospital. they have now all been pronounced dead after arrival from gunshot wounds. police are set to hold a news conference, got an update moments ago, that should be happening near the top of this hour. confirmed the shooter is dead after being engaged by officer on the ground. john: we don t know if there was a school resource officer or the police were the first to respond to the scene, it appears they acted in a way to take the shooter down as quickly as possible. we are still filling in a lot of the details. when you consider this christian academy, again, five miles southwest of nashville on its twitter site, its motto, shepherding minds and celebrating childhood, it s shattered for so many this horrible morning. sandra: the shooter died after being engaged by officer, according to the nashville metro police. they put it out in a statement. it s not immediately clear whether the shooter died by taking his or h
nashville. as i said, the students go down to 3 years old up to sixth grade and we re waiting to get more information. they said, you know, inside of this hour, we ll learn more. stay with us. we ll get another update. i would ascertain that they have information that they are almost ready to reveal and they re likely making sure that everyone has been notified before they reveal this other information. we learned quite a bit here about the suspect in this case. a 28-year-old white woman who they believe went to the school. we ll get more information on that. they said she had two assault-type rifles and a handgun with her. she was killed on the scene of this horrific killing at this beautiful christian school that is up a long windy road. it s not this easy to get into this complex if you take a look at it from the other side. it s up a long windy road. he also said interestingly that her car, her vehicle, the vehicle they found nearby, gave us a clue to what she was. i don