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
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
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