the covenant school, a small private school inside a church that the chief of police in nashville chief john drake, says appears at one point was apparently a student at that school. they were led to her by what he said was a vehicle parked nearby that they wouldn t go into further detail about her as this investigation is just underway. police say that she killed three adults staffers as well as those three children and students. the first call came in at 10 13 am local time and police say within 15 minutes of the call. the attacker was dead. cnn s dianne gallagher is tracking all the latest developments for us and diane police just gave an update. all of the families of those killed have been notified. they have identified all of the victims, and for now they are not releasing the names. that s right. and also bianna was noticeable that they said they did not want to release the ages, either. we are likely dealing with very young children . here is the covenant school at co
minutes of terror. officials say the gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers was inside the uvalde, texas elementary school for 40 minutes if not longer. during that time, he murdered 21 innocent people. the families of the children you see on your screen, torn apart in a matter of seconds. their parents, brothers and sisters, friends, will never see them again. yesterday s attack has brought the number of shootings to four or more in the united states to 213 incidents this year alone. 213 incident where is four or more people have been shot. to put that into perspective, today is the 145th day of the year, which to do the basic comparison, mean there is have been more mass shootings than days in the year 2022. and there have been at least 30 shootings at k-12 schools already this year. this is unacceptable. but we must say it, it is the reality. and because there s been no action time after time after time again, it actually is accepted. and today, we heard from tex
nashville area gained entry through a side door. they re still trying to figure out how she forced her way into the school. because they say all of the doors were locked. police say that she made her way to an upper level and that the shooting took place in a lobby type area, not classroom area. and again, they had a team of responders who showed up two of them, they said, engaged in their words with the shooter, and then she was killed less than 15 minutes after they received that first call now. identifying that 28 year old woman, the shooter, they said. in part, they used a vehicle that they found near the scene that they were able to try and link to that person. they re still trying to figure out why she may have targeted the school, the chief of metro nashville police, saying that they believe that she may have been a former student. but again, this is a pre k through sixth grade student. she s a 28 year old woman. there s quite a bit of time in between there when she may have att
to this incident. we have upwards of 20 victims. chilling new details in the oregon community college massacre from shooting survivor chris mintz, the army veteran who has been called a hero for protecting others. he s in the classroom. in a facebook posting, he recalled the day that he says started out as normal but quickly descended into chaos. he writes, there was a bunch of yelling and that there were gunshots going off that sounded like firecrackers. minutes who sat in the front of class says everyone got up and took off. i stopped and held the door open and waited for everyone to leave safely he writes. he took direction from a counselor and kept screaming someone needed to tell the people in the library and i told her i d do it. someone is outside one of the doors. he admits he made his way back to the classroom area and came face to face with the gunman.