Indiscriminate Firing in a US school, 6 people including 3 children killed, police shot dead shooter

In a latest incident of shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee a teenager shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday. The The police also shot dead the suspect, believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, in reply.

The victims included three children aged 9 years whereas three adults were 60-61 years old. Police on reaching the spot shot dead the shooter in response to the attack. The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and adults Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.

The suspect had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

The school, where the shooting incident took place, is a private school in Nashville where children below 11 years study. After the attack the discussion about gun rules has once again emerged in the people. US President Joe Biden assured of action against gun violence. Expressing grief over the incident US President has ordered to mourn and half mast the national flag.