A former student who killed six people at a Christian school in the US city of Nashville on Monday was fatally shot by police.
Six people were killed on Monday in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville.The incident is the 90th school shooting in the US this year.
The officers run down a hallway — past what appears to be a prone victim — and into a lounge area, where the suspect is seen dropping to the floor after being shot. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's Chief of Police John Drake is among those who've visited the makeshift memorial left at the entrance of the Christian Covenant School, where three children and three adults were killed.Among various pieces of evidence under examination by police and FBI agents conducting an investigation were some writings by the assailant, including the manifesto and a detailed hand-drawn map of the school showing various entry points, Mr Drake said.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department began receiving calls about a shooter at 10.13am, police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters."The police department response was swift," Mr Aaron said.
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