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
pre-k to sixth but you can hire, and always my recommendation, is hire an off duty police officer during your school hours so that you deter something like this. a lot of things you can do towards response, notification, lockdowns, you can t do run, hide, fight with preschool, they don t have the judgment and the wherewithal to do that, so we recommend lockdowns. hope that happened in this situation. you know, a rapid response by the police is great but having an armed officer there, a visible deterrent is first and foremost and people get squeamish about that, especially faculty, a marshal appearance, if you will, at school, but we are about protecting the kids. this can happen anywhere. john: when you think about it, having a marshal appearance at the school is one thing, and maybe you don t want that image to represent your school.