Nashville reeling after three children, others killed in shooting at private school |
A mass shooting unfolded at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning. [The Tennessean / Chris Gadd, Rachel Wegner, Kirsten Fiscus, and Craig Shoup] According to reports, the shooter, who was killed by police, fatally shot at least three grade-school children and three adults during the rampage on the Covenant School's campus grounds. [CBS News / Emily Mae Czachor] Police described the unnamed shooter as a 28-year-old woman with two assault-style rifles and a pistol; no motive is yet known. [CNN / Eric Levenson] The Nashville school shooting follows a separate incident last week in Denver when a 17-year-old student shot two school officials at East High School. [NPR / Emily Olson] According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that tracks the country's mass shootings, the Nashville killings mark the 129th mass shooting this year. [Vox / Nicole Narea] - The federal government created new incentives for states to limit access to guns in the wake of mass shootings last year but has struggled to pass more robust gun safety bills. [PBS Newshour / John Yang and Kaisha Young]
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