Police Release 911 Calls From Nashville Shooting: ‘Please Hurry’
Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, have released the 911 calls that came in as a gunman opened fire in a school. The calls were made during Monday’s attack at the Covenant School that took the lives of six…
Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, have released the 911 calls that came in as a gunman opened fire in a school.
The calls were made during Monday’s attack at the Covenant School that took the lives of six individuals, including three children.
According to The Associated Press, in one call, a man said he was with a group of people, including many children.
They were reportedly walking toward the main roads.
A second man got on the phone after the dispatcher asked what the shooter looks like.
“All I saw was a man holding an assault rifle shooting through the door. It was — he’s currently in the second grade hallway, upstairs” the second man said.
He added, “White man. With camouflage. He had a vest on and an assault rifle.”
When asked how many shots the gunman fired, a woman said, “I heard about 10 and I left the building.”
The outlet reported during another call just before 10:13 a.m., a woman shared with a dispatcher she is able to hear gunshots and is hiding in a closet.
“It sounds like somebody is shooting guns,” the caller said.
She later added, “I’m hearing more shots. Please hurry.”
Another caller told a dispatcher he was in a room on the second floor of the school.
“I think we have a shooter at our church,” he said.
The man continued, “I’m on the second floor in a room. I think the shooter is on the second floor.”