KARAH RUCKER: A SHOOTING AT A TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL HAS LEFT THREE CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS DEAD. THE SHOOTER WAS KILLED BY POLICE. IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR IF THE GUNMAN IS ONE OF THE FIVE FATALITIES.
THE AGES OF THE DECEASED CHILDREN WERE UNKNOWN AS OF NEWS TIME.
THE COVENANT SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE SERVES PRESCHOOL THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. ABOUT 200 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL – WITH PARENTS PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN AS SOON AS WORD OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION CIRCLED AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
DETAILS ON HOW POLICE TOOK DOWN THE SHOOTER ARE LIMITED AT THIS TIME. BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT.
ACCORDING TO DATA COMPILED BY ‘EDUCATION WEEK’ – SO FAR THIS YEAR – THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 13 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN DEATHS OR INJURIES IN THE U.S..