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Shooting suspect was armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun

Former pupil Audrey Hale was shot dead by police after killing three children and three adults

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Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney were the nine-year-old children killed

Audrey Elizabeth Hale blasted their way into the Covenant School in Tennessee, USA, armed with three guns and shot dead six people, including three nine-year-old kids

Three adults and three children were killed by a 28-year-old woman who used to be a pupil

The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre

Seven dead including attacker Audrey Hale following assault on private Tennessee Christian institution on Monday morning

Footage shows Audrey Hale dressed in combat trousers, a vest and a red baseball cap walking through the school heavily armed

Nashville (AFP) - A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday, before being shot dead by police.

Flags at the White House and all other federal buildings will be flown at half-staff in honor of the Nashville shooting victims through Friday, under a new order from President Biden.