Six fatalities were reported following a shooting at an elementary school in Nashville. The casualties include three children and three adults
Per the police, the individual responsible for the killing of six people at a private school in Nashville on Monday morning was a 28-year-old woman. As per earlier statements by the authorities, she seemed to be of teenage age.
According to a tweet by the police, the active shooter, who has since been identified as a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, fatally shot three students and three adult staff members from Covenant School.
During a previous press conference, a representative of the law enforcement agency stated that the shooter who had passed away seemed to be an adolescent.
The identity of the woman is still unknown. As of yet, the police have not disclosed any potential reason for the shooting or established any link between the female perpetrator and the educational institution.
As per the Gun Violence Archive’s records, the Covenant School shooting on Monday morning in Nashville, Tennessee marks the occurrence of the 129th mass shooting in the United States in 2023.
A mass shooting is classified by both Brownstone Worldwide and The Gun Violence Archive as an incident in which the shooter injures at least four people, not including themselves.
The Covenant School witnessed the demise of three juveniles and three grown-ups. During a confrontation with law enforcement, a female shooter whose age seemed to be that of a teenager was fatally shot by police. The identity of the shooter currently remains unknown.
Since the beginning of the year, the Gun Violence Archive reports that a sum of 2,259 individuals have been fatally shot in mass shootings, which encompasses the six victims and the shooter from Monday’s incident.
According to the GVA, on March 19 of last year, the US reached a total of 100 mass shootings. March of the previous year, which was 2021, also featured a date towards the end of the month. It wasn’t until May of 2020 that the country recorded its 100th mass shooting, despite the time period from 2018 to 2020 being taken into consideration
