** This is breaking news and will be updated as new information comes out **
A school shooting in the Nashville, Tennessee area at Covenant School has led 3 kids dead and 2 adults are dead. The shooter is also dead The Nashville Fire Department said the shooting happened at The Covenant School, a private Christian school with an enrollment of about 200 students from preschool to sixth grade. It was initially reported as an “active shooter” incident.
The fire department said medics were treating “multiple patients,” and the total number of people injured was not immediately clear.
Our news partners at KTAL TV have the latest here
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
NEWS ALERT: At the request of District Attorney General Glenn Funk, TBI special agents and additional personnel are responding to the scene of this morning’s school shooting in Green Hills.
— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) March 27, 2023
As indicated by @MNPDNashville, there is no current threat to public safety. pic.twitter.com/e9MgJFkaax