US: Trans person guns down 3 children, 3 adults in Nashville school

At least three children and three adultswere killed on Monday (March 27) in yet another shooting incident in the United States. The shooting took place at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. The suspect, a transgender person, was shot dead by police.

The Nashville Fire Department said that officials were rushed to the site. "We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School. We can confirm we have multiple patients," it tweeted.

Nashville police said on Twitter that "an active shooter event has taken place" and the "shooter was engaged by MNPD (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department) and is dead".

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The Covenant School, founded in 2001, is a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville with about 200 students.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson John Howser was quoted as saying, "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."

Bystander video captured the moments when students in Nashville were escorted by police following a shooting at Covenant School.https://t.co/nLWGnacUGo pic.twitter.com/KKljlyZyBj — The Associated Press (@AP) March 27, 2023

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

Police earlier said that aheavily-armed young female killed three children and three staff at the school.Don Aaron of the Nashville police said, "This shooter is a female. 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,"Aaron added.

White House calledthe school shooting incident "heartbreaking" and also urged the Republicans to back President Joe Biden's push for a ban on assault weapons commonly used in US mass shootings.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had been briefed on the "heartbreaking news of another shooting of innocents" and she asked what Republicans were waiting for to "step up and act to pass the assault weapons ban."

(With inputs from agencies)

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