3 children, 3 teachers fatally shot in US city of Nashville school shooting

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - Three children and three teachers were gunned down in a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, law enforcement said Monday as the US grapples with yet another horrific school shooting.

The female shooter was killed during a shootout with a five-member police team that engaged her on the second floor, authorities said.

She entered the school through a side entrance, and made her way from the first floor of the shoot to the second "firing multiple shots," Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron said during a news briefing.

She had at least two assault rifles and a hand gun on her when she opened fire at the Covenant School, a Presbyterian school associated with a church. Police are currently attempting to identify the gunwoman, but said she appears to be a teenager. One officer sustained an injury from a piece of broken glass, but no other injuries were reported.

The victims have yet to be identified, but five of the six were transported to a local hospital before they died.

In all, 108 students and staff members were transported away from the scene following the shooting, according to the Nashville Fire Department. ​​​​​​​