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US: 3 students dead in a school shooting in Nashville

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By Reuters: Monday morning, three students were slain in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, before police "engaged" the perpetrator, killing him, according to local officials.

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The incident occurred at The Covenant School, where the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department stated in a statement

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The suspect was deceased but did not elaborate on the circumstances surrounding his demise.

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John Howser, a spokesperson at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, said in a statement obtained by WKRN-TV that three children were pronounced dead upon arrival.

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The Nashville Fire Department tweeted that it had gone to the location and that "multiple patients" were present.

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According to the school's website, The Covenant School, founded in 2001, is a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville with around 200 pupils. 

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WTVF-TV said that the school, which educates students in preschool through sixth grade, underwent an active shooter training programme in 2022.

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