Haunting picture of Nashville school children escaping shooting is reminiscent of Sandy Hook photo
A haunting photo of Nashville elementary school kids escaping a mass shooting hand-in-hand is eerily reminiscent of the same scene in Sandy Hook 11 years ago.
Three children and three adults were shot dead Monday at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter, a 28-year-old woman, was killed by police.
And the Nashville tragedy is reminiscent of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which took place on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut. It marked the deadliest elementary school shooting in the country’s history.
As with the mass shooting 11 years ago, today young children were led away one by one from the school building where the bullets rained down.
Walking hand-in-hand in a single file, images of the Nashville kids escaping the tragedy today are identical to the photo of college kids leaving Sandy Hook School in 2012.
THE COVENANT SCHOOL: On Monday, March 27, 2023, a female gunman opened fire at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, killing three children and three adults. The gunman was then killed by police
SANDY HOOK: On December 14, 2012, 26 people were shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In the tragically infamous image, two Connecticut State Police officers escort a class of students as they are led away from the deadly shooting
In 2012, a total of 26 people – 20 of them children – were killed when gunman Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire before turning the gun on himself.
The gunman responsible for the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville has yet to be identified, but police say she is a 28-year-old local who previously attended the school as a child.
She was killed 14 minutes into her rampage.
The victims of Monday’s mass shooting have yet to be confirmed, but police say three children and three adults were killed when the 28-year-old opened fire.
On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into the school in Newtown, Connecticut, and shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, and six adult staff members. Before the police arrived, he shot himself.
The incident became the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in U.S. history, and the fourth-deadliest mass shooting of all time.
In Nashville today, shortly before 10:13 a.m., the woman entered the school through a side door and began opening fire on the second floor.
The police arrived on the scene and heard the gunshots from the 2nd floor. At 10:27 am she was shot dead. She was armed with two assault rifles and a pistol.
At a news conference, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the shooting was evidence of the continued need for tougher gun reform.
Speaking Monday at the National League of Cities conference, First Lady Jill Biden told the crowd, “We just learned of another shooting in Tennessee — a school shooting.
‘I am really without words. Our children deserve better. We stand beside Nashville in prayer.”
Monday’s shooting is the 129th shooting this year.
The 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. Top row (left to right): Ana Marquez-Greene, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Emilie Parker, Noah Pozner. Second Row: (L to R): Jesse Lewis, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Charlotte Bacon, Chase Kowalski. Third row (left to right): Daniel Barden, Jack Pinto, Catherine Hubbard, Dylan Hockley, Benjamin Wheeler. Bottom row (L to R): Grace McDonnell, James Mattioli, Avielle Richman, Madeleine Hsu, Allison Wyatt
The adult victims of the Sandy Hook shooting included (left to right): teacher Rachel Davino, 29, paraprofessional Anne Marie Murphy, 52, and permanent substitute teacher Lauren Rousseau, 30
The other three adult victims of the Sandy Hook shooting were (L to R): Teacher Victoria Soto, 27, school psychiatrist Mary Sherlach, 56, and principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47
School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church – as children flee the mass shooting this morning
In the wake of today’s Nashville tragedy, survivors of mass shootings have accused lawmakers of their lack of movement with gun laws.
A survivor of a Highland Park parade mass shooting while vacationing in Nashville was among those outraged by gun control in America.
Ashby Beasley, of Illinois, is a survivor of a mass shooting — and was visiting a relative in town when the ordeal took place this morning.
She told CNN, “I am a mass shooting survivor. My son and I survived a mass shooting in a park where shots were fired. We were running for our lives, and this is simply unacceptable.
“Only in America can someone survive a mass shooting and then go on vacation to visit another person and find themselves in the vicinity of another mass shooting.
“This is an epidemic. Gun violence is an epidemic and must be solved.”
Moments after being interviewed, Beasley broke free and hijacked a Fox News broadcast to continue: “I’ve had a meeting with DC lobbying. I’ve met over one hundred and thirty legislators. How come this is still happening?’
The Highland Park parade shooting occurred on July 4, 2022 during an Independence Day parade in Illinois. Seven people were killed and 48 others injured by bullets or shrapnel.