Multiple children killed in Tennessee school shooting, gunman dead

(Photo courtesy: Metro Nashville PD)

At least three children and three adult staff members were killed Monday after a gunman opened fire at a Tennessee Christian elementary school, according to officials. The gunman was killed by police.

Nashville Metro Police said the shooting suspect was a 28-year-old transgender woman who previously attended the school. They say she was armed with two assault-type rifles and a handgun that she used to kill the six victims.

An active shooter event has taken place at Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, on Burton Hills Dr. The shooter was engaged by MNPD and is dead. Student reunification with parents is at Woodmont Baptist Church, 2100 Woodmont Blvd. pic.twitter.com/vO8p9cj3vx

— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 27, 2023

“[Three] pediatric patients were transported to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, all having suffered gunshot wounds. All three were pronounced dead after arrival,” John Howser, Chief Communications Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said in a statement.

The Metro Nashville Police Department said the “active shooter” situation took place at Covenant School at the Covenant Presbyterian Church.

The school is for students preschool through sixth grade.

The total number of victims has not been made available, but at least one other person has been hospitalized, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson.