Yet another massacre in an American school
and still
children among the victims
of gun madness: a 28-year-old girl, possibly a former student, entered the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, holding two rifles and a pistol and opened fire, leaving six people lifeless on the ground, including at least three young students of elementary school.
Another massacre, the 129th mass shooting in the United States alone since the beginning of the year, or more than one a day since January.
The timely intervention of the police prevented the worst: from the call to 911 to the killing of the killer inside the private school, only 14 minutes passed.
The woman was stopped on the second floor of the building, when she was still in the hall and she had therefore not had time to enter any classroom, even though she had already left behind a trail of innocent blood.
The five officers who arrived first confronted her and killed her on the spot.
"We are trying to identify her," police say.
"We are examining the footage from the cameras inside the school" where the killer - who initially the agents thought was a teenager - entered through one of the side doors.
The identification of the attacker is crucial to proceeding with the investigation and once the identity of the woman is known, it will be possible for the investigators to proceed with search warrants and try to understand the reason for such a crazy act.
where the killer - who initially the agents thought was a teenager - entered through one of the side doors.
The identification of the attacker is crucial to proceeding with the investigation and once the identity of the woman is known, it will be possible for the investigators to proceed with search warrants and try to understand the reason for such a crazy act.
where the killer - who initially the agents thought was a teenager - entered through one of the side doors.
The identification of the attacker is crucial to proceeding with the investigation and once the identity of the woman is known, it will be possible for the investigators to proceed with search warrants and try to understand the reason for such a crazy act.
Of particular attention is the fact that it was a woman who opened fire, a very rare case.
Since 1979 there have been only 17 mass shootings by women in America, of which 7 - including today's one - have had a school as dramatic theatre.
"Another school shooting. I'm speechless: Our children deserve so much better," says First Lady Jill Biden.
"Schools should be safe places to learn and teach. Enough is enough, Congress must take action against gun violence. How many children still need to die before we take action?" added White House spokeswoman Karine. Jean-Pierre, returning to ask for a ban on assault weapons on behalf of Joe Biden.
A ban that the president requests, without success,
Congress must act and ban assault weapons,
says President Joe Biden speaking on the Nashville shooting.
"When it happened" in Nashville "it's a nightmare. We must do more against gun violence, to protect schools from becoming prisons," he stressed.
