Six people have been killed in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee, BBC reported.
Three of the victims were pupils aged nine or under at Covenant School, a privately run Christian school.
They were named by police as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney.
The adult victims were employees and named as Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61.
Covenant School has about 200 students, and teaches pupils from three years old up to around 12.
Ms Peak was a substitute teacher working at the school that day. Mr Hill was a janitor and Ms Koonce is described as the Head of School on Covenant’s website.
Police named the suspect as a 28-year-old woman, Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender.
Hale was armed with three guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and was shot dead by police.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooter had conducted surveillance, and that maps of the building showing entry and exit points were found at a nearby home.
Police received the first call about the incident at 10:13 local time on Monday morning.
Police said the suspect got in by firing through one of the school doors, which were all locked.
