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
but when somebody walks into a school with two long rifles and a handgun, you know, they made the call to police and police were there within minutes. but still, the tragedy unfolded as it did, and even if the school resource officer were outgunned, you wonder, could it have served as a deterrent long enough for the police to come or if the shooter knew there was a school resource officer there, maybe they would not have decided to do this. that s the point. it s the deterrent of knowing a marked vehicle in the parking lot or somewhere near the front entrance visible and that there is an armed presence there. i mean, that gives you the best fighting chance to prevent this from happening at all. and now you have, you know, once somebody is inside, and there should be locks and we talk about doors being locked all the time. sandra: you know what, chris, looks like the nashville p.d. has put out an update a couple minutes ago, confirming three adult staff members, three chil
jonathan is at atlantic with the latest. jonathan customer the police are investigating a positive motive also looking at surveillance video from the school they got the call around 1015 this morning. an active shooter at the school, gunfire erupted at this private christian school in nashville upscale green hills community officers of enter the building and ended up clear in the first floor when they heard gunfire from a second-floor lobby area and then headed in that direction. when the officers got the second level they saw a shooter of female, who is firing and the officers engaged her. she was fatally shot by responding police officers. they say it was 828-year-old nashville area woman who at some point had attended the school would serve students in preschool-6 grade. i have notified families of the victims which include three adult staff members and three children survivors of the attack were taken by school bus to a baptist church about 2 miles away to be reunit
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