Amok horror at US elementary school

Police offi cers killed the attacker.

By Desert Star Staff

The attacker, believed to be a 28-year-old woman armed with two automatic rifles and a pistol, was shot dead by arriving police officers, a Nashville police official said Monday. The exact identity of the perpetrator was initially unclear. The three adult victims are school employees. Originally, the police had described the perpetrator as a teenager.

Police were reportedly alerted at 10:13 a.m. to a gun attack at The Covenant School, a Christian private school in Nashville. Arriving officers began clearing the ground floor of the building and then heard gunshots coming from the first floor, Aaron said. There the police met the attacker and shot her.

Police officers with rifles, body armor, and helmets could be seen in the school parking lot and on the lawn in front of the building Monday morning (local time). A spokesman said the victims were dead upon arrival at the local hospital. The school is a private Christian institution and serves approximately 200 children from preschool through sixth grade. There is also a kindergarten there. A mother told US television that

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