BREAKING: ‘Mass casualty alert’ declared amid elementary school shooting, fatalities reported

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First responders in Tennessee are on the scene a shooting at a Nashville-area elementary school Monday.

Authorities have yet to confirm how many people have been injured or killed in the incident, but police say officers engaged with and killed the shooter. Covenant School is a private Christian institution for students up to 6th grade, according to its website.

“We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School. We can confirm we have multiple patients,” the Nashville Fire Department said Monday.


The shooting has been described as a “mass casualty” incident, with children reported to be among the victims, according to Fox News.

Police have not yet publicly confirmed the numbers of fatalities and injuries.

UPDATE 12:50 pm ET: Fox News has confirmed that three children were killed in the shooting.  Their ages and identities are yet unknown.

The shooter was killed by police, but the age and identity of the shooter is also yet unknown.

Local reporter Peyton Kennedy tweeted, “Officers are telling us at least four people, including a shooter, are dead at the Covenant School at 33 Burton Hills Blvd. @WKRN. We’re on our way to the scene.”

“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,” the Nashville Police Department tweeted.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) tweeted upon learning of the tragedy:

Chuck & I are heartbroken to hear about the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville. My office is in contact with federal, state, & local officials, & we stand ready to assist. Thank you to the first responders working on site. Please join us in prayer for those affected.

A local news account on Twitter, Scoop: Nashville, shared the following:

#BREAKING: mass casualty alert in Nashville. Multiple victims down. School Shooting at St Paul Christian school in Nashville #ScoopNashville All hospitals on full alert for incoming and triage.

Teams are at the scene of the school, attempting to clear the school, front part has been cleared per SWAT.

4 ambulances currently arriving for initial triage of victims.

#UPDATE: The shooter engaged with #MNPD and is dead.

2 patients coming into adult ED, and the majority of others are coming into children’s ED – the majority coming to Vanderbilt.

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16 COMMENTS

  1. Oh Heavenly Father. I lift all the students, teachers, first responders ,parents , and medical personnel be comforted and please bless them. Give them strength and your courage.
    In Jesus’ name amen.

  2. God just let Jesus come back now and end all this corruption, it’s going to end one way or another in the end of times. May all you call home RIP. Amen

  3. Someone working for that school should have had a concealed weapon permit and engaged with the shooter before he had a chance to shoot. Most likely someone hypothesized to do this be the Democratic left agenda. This is no reason to gun grab law abiding gun owners.

  4. Prayers for these innocent victims and their families. This should not be happening in America. God love and Bless them.

  5. So sad our society has degraded to this point. Schools need well trined armed guards like firmer military. Stuffer sentences and capital punishment in all 50 states!

  6. So sad and heartbroken over this, God rest those little children. Prayers for everyone involved. This is such an upsetting sad world and place that we’re in and I will never understand it.

  7. TEEN FEMALE SHOOTER. DEAD.

    3 CHILDREN DEAD.

    3 ADULTS DEAD.

    CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

    HAPPENED TO BE NEARBY FOR A BUSINESS REASON AND JUST WATCHED POLICE UPDATE….

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