was targeted. and we re getting a disturbing look at the moment that suspect who police say is a transgender person and a former person at the school shoots out the school s windows and walks inside to carry out the attack. we re also learn much more about the six victims. three students, just nine years old and three adults in their 60s, including the head of the school. the lost, once again, renewing calls to do something to prevent the next shooting. the mayor of nashville sharing this call to action earlier on today. the country needs to pick itself up and say no to an assault weapons lobby that, again, is making it too available and too convenient and too first of mind for people to go out and commit terrible acts. and that is where we begin today. yasmin is in nashville for us. you were on your way home from one disaster in mississippi when you got the call to reroute to another tragedy. this time in nashville. i know you as a mom, your two boys, you keep thinking a
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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
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