fb-pixelNashville school shooting photos: The scene at Covenant School Skip to main content

Photos: Police respond, students evacuate after former student fatally shoots six at Nashville school

By Sarah Roberts Globe Correspondent,Updated March 28, 2023, 4:50 a.m.
A child weeps while on the bus leaving The Covenant School following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023.Nicole Hester/Associated Press

The killings of three children and three adults at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school in Nashville, marks the latest in a series of mass shootings in the U.S.

The violence at a private Christian school Monday come as communities around the nation are reeling from a spate of school violence, including the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last year; a first grader who shot his teacher in Virginia; and a shooting last week in Denver that wounded two administrators.

Related: Nashville shooter was ex-student with detailed plan to kill

Here are photos and other visuals taken from the scene in Nashville.

Advertisement

Shooter kills 6 at Tennessee Christian school
A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville.
Metro Nashville Police and federal law enforcement agencies search and investigate a house in the 3000 block of Brightwood Ave. following a mass shooting at Covenant School Monday.Andrew Nelles/Associated Press
A woman kisses a child at the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting Monday.John Bazemore/Associated Press
Women speak at the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after school shooting, MondayJohn Bazemore/Associated Press
A woman kisses a child at the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting Monday.John Bazemore/Associated Press
Children and a woman depart the reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist church after a school shooting Monday.John Bazemore/Associated Press
An ambulance leaves The Covenant School, in Nashville, Tenn.John Amis/Associated Press
Metro Nashville Police officers gather near The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., following a deadly shooting.Andrew Nelles/Associated Press
A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tenn. on Monday.John Amis/Associated Press
The scene outside a nearby church that had been set up as a reunification area for parents to meet their children following a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday.DESIREE RIOS/NYT
An adult and child leave a reunification center at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a school shooting at The Covenant School.John Bazemore/Associated Press
An ambulance leaves The Covenant School.John Amis/Associated Press
The scene outside a nearby church that had been set up as a reunification area for parents to meet their children following a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday.DESIREE RIOS/NYT
A police scam scene tape is seen at the entrance to Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn. Monday.John Amis/Associated Press
Metro Nashville Police cars escort evacuees from the school and church.John Amis/Associated Press
Metro Nashville Police Department officers walk outside of Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tenn. Monday.John Amis/Associated Press
Children from The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., hold hands as they are taken to a reunification site at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a shooting at their school, on Monday.Jonathan Mattise/Associated Press

Sarah Roberts can be reached at sarah.roberts@globe.com. Follow her @saraherobs.