Nashville Covenant School shooting: Six dead in Tennessee

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Six people including three children have been killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, according to local authorities.

On Twitter, the city's fire department said there were "multiple patients" from an incident at a local school.

Nashville police said they engaged and killed the shooter, a 28-year-old woman.

Police are still working to identify the victims.

At a news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron confirmed the dead include three children, three staff members and the shooter.

One police officer was wounded by cut glass while responding to the incident, police said. Two officers who entered the building went towards the sound of gunfire and encountered the shooter on the school's second floor, where they fatally shot her.

The suspect was carrying two "assault-type" rifles and at least one pistol which has been recovered at the scene. The identity of the shooter remains unclear.