The shooting occurred Monday morning at the Covenant School, a Christian school for students in preschool through sixth grade, according to local officials.

The perpetrator, a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was shot and killed by security forces in a lobby area on the second floor of the school.

“3 students & 3 adult staff members from Covenant School were fatally shot by the active shooter, who has now been identified as a 28-year-old Nashville woman,” Nashville police said.

The Covenant School is a private Christian school founded in 2001 as a ministry of Covenant Presbyterian Church and teaches preschool through 6th grade.

The school has about 209 students and about 40 to 50 staff members, according to its website. (ILKHA)