Covenant school shooting in Nashville leaves multiple people hurt

The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where police say there was an active shooting incident Monday, teaches preschool through 6th grade.

The Covenant School is a private Christian school founded in 2001 as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church. It has an average enrollment of about 200 people in recent years, according to its website.

The Nashville Fire Department said there were “multiple patients” in the shooting and the gunman is dead, officials said.