Photos: Nashville church school shooting, 3 children, 3 staff killed

A shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville has left at least three children and three adult staff members dead, authorities said Monday.

The shooter, described by police as a 28-year-old from Nashville, also was killed.

Police identified the three children killed in the attack as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all age 9; and the three adults as head of school Katherine Koonce, 60; Cynthia Peak, 61, a substitute teacher; and Mike Hill, 61, a custodian.

Families were reunited at Woodmont Baptist Church in Nashville after the shooting at the Covenant School.

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A group prays with a child outside the reunification center after a school shooting Monday in Nashville.

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Children from the Covenant School in Nashville hold hands as they’re taken to a church to reunite with their parents.

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Family members wait at Woodmont Baptist Church to reunite with children after a shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.

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Emotional family members at a reunification site in Nashville after the shooting.

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Family members reunite at a nearby church after the Nashville shooting.

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Students reunited with their families at a church near the school shooting site in Nashville.

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School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at the Covenant School.

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A man walks with children at Woodmont Baptist Church after a school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.

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Children from the Covenant School hold hands as they wait to reunite with their parents.

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A family leaves a reunification site in Nashville.

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