Well, tonight police have identified the shooter as a 28 year old woman who previously attended the school and left behind a Manifesto. Please confronted and quickly killed the shooter. These pictures of young kids holding hands to evacuate the school are reminiscent of the shooting at Sandy Hook. Elementary School 10 years ago, and this heartbreaking photo a young girl terrified on a bus on her way to be reunited with her family at a nearby Church. Our local affiliate wtvf says those kids arrive to their parents, singing its all a chilling remind wonder about the leading cause of death for Americas children guns for decades. It was car accidents that were the main cause well, not anymore. Since 2020 Firearms overtook crashes as the number one cause of death for kids police said, the shooter was heavily armed prepared to do even more harm. Well, today, President Biden renewed his call on Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons. Cbss, Janet chamlian is going to start us off tonight from Nashville good evening. Janet Nora good evening to you place like today said based on evidence, theyve gathered. This appears to be a targeted and well planned attack and the police chief is now saying they know the motive, but are not yet really to release it to the public. This latest school shooting has shattered yet another community in America. Tonight the Heartbreak belongs to Nashville International moments of Terror. This morning, at the Covenant School, a Christian Elementary in Nashville for students preschool through sixth grade within minutes, National Police, sending three students and three adults dead.
On the second floor authorities, say they confronted a woman, a 28 year old former student armed with two assault style rifles and a handgun. When the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female who was firing. The officers engaged her. She was fatally shot by responding police officers. The six victims are identified as Evelyn Dyke house, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all aged nine years old, also killed school custodian Mike Hill, the head of the school Catherine Koontz and Cynthia Peak a substitute teacher police. Today revealing the shooter identifies as transgender. There were Maps drawn of the school in detail of surveillance, entry points, Etc. We know and believe that entry was gained through shooting through one of the doors terrified parents rushed to the school as their children were escorted out by police. Chandel Brooks said down. I felt, like my nerves left me: no parent should have to receive that call. No parents should have to go through anything like that, just happy to be reunited with them and so sad for the families that were affected. President Biden, talking about the shootings again urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban. We have to do more to stop gun violence, its ripping our communities apart, ripping a soul this nation and ripping into the very soul of the nation. The shooter left behind a Manifesto and authorities are now looking through it.

