you re looking live at nashville, tennessee where three children and three staff members have been killed following a shooting at the covenant school. the female shooter described as a 28-year-old nashville resident and a former student at the school itself. also dead after being shot by police. she was reportedly wielding two assault-style rifles and a pistol. the shooting taking place a little after 10:00 a.m. this morning in a second floor lobby area after the suspect made her way in to the building apparently through a side entrance. the white house reacting quickly saying enough is enough and calling on congress to end the epidemic of school violence. welcome. i m neil cavuto. there s so much we don t know and dots they re still trying to put together to trace what happened this morning and why, why this 28-year-old former student at that very school would do what she did. let s get the very latest from jonathan serrie following it from the very beginning. jonathan? hi
this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there s a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple victims from the shooting there. are different accounts saying as many as nine people have been shot in this incident. tactical teams have arrived. there s a big presence including state police an lake county sheriff. what you can see from the video with the police presence you can see the kind of things people would have brought to a parade folding chairs coolers abandoned as people ran from the scene.
Movements that in the aggregate all kind of fill in the spaces and you understand then why they did certain things and what they did to help you understand why they did it. so cameras can be very helpful. it s all about the story, neil. it s all about piecing it together so you understand what preceded these this heinous event. this horrible evil event. what you may uncover or what the investigators will uncover may in fact be extremely informing as it speaks to motivation. that s a big deal. it is. neil: thank you, pat. you bring up a lot of good things. not only that, the video and the history of the video long before the crime committed. thank you for all you ve been doing certainly in your life and trying to help people out. howard safer is a very good example of that. he s an american law enforcement
the system continues to fail us. we are not safe anymore. not even the members of the service. i know you were tire of these laws, especially the ones prosecute new d.a., i hope he s watching you speak through me right now. eric: wow. that is the widow of the new york city police officer, jason rivera, the 22-year-old officer who was killed in the line of duty last week, slamming manhattan s controversial new district attorney alvin bragg. she delivered her husband s eulogy and an emotional and haunting plea at her husband s funeral at st. patrick s cathedral yesterday. rivera and his partner were killed after that ambush that happened last friday. rivera s wife dominique if also blasting the are district attorney the, bragg, for pursuing policies that many have called soft on crime. joining us now is daryl porcher, law enforcement professor at
President biden wrapping up a meeting with the attorney general along with local leaders from across the country. new york s likely next mayor, rising crime across the country and what to do about it. let s bring in former nypd lieutenant and law enforcement professor. good to see you. this is a big issue for voters. take a look at this latest findings. it is crime extremely, or very serious problem, 59% of people say it is. have you had the opportunity to spend the last hour with the president, what would you have told them is the solution to what we are? i would introduce to the president that this is in a buy-in, but how can we achieve the reduction of crime.