There have been 129 mass shootings in the United States this year alone. Here's what we know about the latest shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Three children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Children from The Covenant School hold hands as they are taken to a reunification site at the Woodmont Baptist Church.Police gave unclear information on the gender of the shooter. For hours, police identified the shooter as a 28-year-old woman and eventually identified the person as Audrey Hale. He said there were no police officers present or assigned to the school at the time of the shooting because it is a church-run school.The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department began receiving calls at 10:13am of a shooter at the school, and arriving officers reported hearing gunfire coming from the building's second floor, Mr Aaron said.
The Covenant School has about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, as well as roughly 50 staff members.
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