Police reported that the suspected shooter, a female who appeared to be in her teens, was also shot and killed by police.
Police responded to a call at 10:13 am regarding an "active shooter."
The Nashville Fire Department reported on Twitter that officials had set up a family reunification center at a nearby church at 2100 Woodmont Boulevard.covered the police department's press conference, a woman stepped up to a microphone on camera and asked the assembled news team, "Aren't you guys tired of being here and having to cover all of these mass shootings?"
"How is this still happening?" said the woman, who said she was from Highland Park, Illinois and survived the mass shooting there last summer. "How are our children still dying and why are we failing them?""As we wait for more details, our hearts are with the families and the community in Nashville,"March for Our Lives, the gun control advocacy group started in 2018 by survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting.
Shannon Watts, founder of gun control group Moms Demand Action, took aim at Republican lawmakers in the state including Rep. Andy Ogles, whoholding assault rifles in front of their Christmas tree last year. Ogles represents the district where the Covenant School is located. Watts also condemned Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who said he was "praying for the school, congregation, and Nashville community."
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