The recent Nashville school shooting is a harrowing reminder of just how bad gun violence has become in the US, getting worse pretty much every year. But a report by the CDC reveals that deaths related to guns are now the leading cause of death amongst teens, more than literally anything els…
NEW YORK — For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries — a fact that public health experts say is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on society.
Nashville police released body cam video Tuesday that shows a team of officers entering and conducting a sweep of an elementary school before confronting and killing an assailant who had murdered three children and three adults in the latest school shooting to roil the nation. The six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building containing about 200 students, police said. Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyterian school — around 10:15 a.m. Authorities said that about 15 minutes after that call to police, the shooter was dead. The remaining students were ferried to a safe location to be reunited with their parents. The victims were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; Mike Hill, 61; and Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9. Police officers also killed the shooter. The website of The Covenant School, founded in 2001, lists a Katherine Koonce as the head of the school. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016. Peak was a substitute teacher, and Hill was a custodian, according to investigators.
