Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old from Nashville who used to attend the private Christian school. The 3 kids killed were all 8 or 9 years old and 3 adults.
The suspect in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday is dead, officials said, and more information is unfolding about the victims, the motive, and the
The suspect in a Nashville school shooting had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and done surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. The suspect, who was killed by police, is believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, where Monday's shooting took place. The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and adults Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.