NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A shooting was reported on Monday at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, with emergency crews reporting "multiple patients" and the alleged suspect dead, according to officials.
The shooting was reported at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool to sixth grade, according to its website.
Students walked to safety Monday, holding hands as they left their school surrounded by police cars, to a nearby church to reunited with their parents.The Nashville Fire Department confirmed there were "multiple patients" after responding to "an active aggressor" reported at the school, located at 33 Burton HIlls Boulevard.Their conditions were not immediately clear.
It was also not known whether the victims were staff, teachers or students.The Covenant School is located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Nashville.