In Nashville, three children and three adults were killed in an attack on a private Christian school. The shooter was killed by the police. The police said that the shooter had intended to attack several targets.
According to the police, evidence has been found in the home of the woman who shot six people in the United States on Monday, which shows that the act was premeditated. Three children and three adults were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee before police fatally shot the suspect.
Police commissioner John Drake said the shooter left behind maps and a manifesto related to the attack. The shooter had drawn detailed maps of the school, including the entrances to the building. According to the police, the manifest shows that the shootings were intended to take place in several places, and the school was one of them.
The motive for the act was not immediately known. The suspect was carrying several firearms. According to the police, the 28-year-old attacker, identified as transgender, was a former student of the school.
The attacker broke into the school by shooting the door open
The local police department started receiving calls Monday morning about a shooter at the school. The police officers who arrived at the scene said they heard shooting from the second floor of the building, a police spokesperson said earlier.
The police shot the attacker in the school lobby. According to the police, the attacker had entered the school by shooting through one of the doors. After that he had started going around the school shooting around.
According to the Reuters news agency, the children who were killed were all 9 years old. The school’s 60-year-old director was also killed in the shooting.
The shooting took place at a private, Christian elementary school, which also includes a preschool. About 200 students study in the school.
President Biden urges Congress to address gun violence
President of the United States Joe Biden asks Congress to intervene in the gun violence plaguing the country, the White House informs.
In the release, Biden is said to have stated that “too much is too much” after news of Monday’s school shooting in Nashville reached the president.
According to the K-12 School Shooting Database website, there have already been 89 school shootings in the United States this year. Last year there were about 300 school shootings.
AFP, STT, Reuters