Three children and three adults dead in Nashville school in another assault rifle mass shooting

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View online March 27, 2023 1/ Three children and three adults dead in Nashville school in another assault rifle mass shooting The suspect in the Nashville school shooting is a 28-year-old woman from the city, police have said. She's reported to have been a former student at the school.   She is said to have used two assault-type rifles and a handgun. The suspect, who died after being engaged by police, is yet to be identified. Three adults and three children were killed in the shooting.   Only one officer was injured, from cut glass. Two officers from a team of five engaged the suspect and shot her, police said.   "We do not know who she is at this juncture, we are trying to identify her," Nashville Police Public Affairs Director Don Aaron said during a press briefing.   The 28-year-old was initially described as being "in her teens".   "This is a church that operates a private school. There were no Metro Police personnel assigned to that school of any kind," he added. "There is video from the school that we are viewing now to try and understand what happened," he said. 2/ Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for more 'good guys with guns' after Nashville shooting The Georgia lawmaker made no distinction between trained law enforcement and armed civilians in tweet 3/ Biden calls Nashville school shooting 'sick' and renews call for assault weapons ban Biden called on Congress to pass a renewed assault weapons ban  4/ Stormy Daniels's three word response after being attacked for sex with married Trump 'Why did he invite me to his room, take off his clothes and corner me when I came out of the bathroom ..?' the adult actor tweeted 5/ Man testifies Gwyneth Paltrow let out 'bloodcurdling scream' before 2016 crash on ski slope Terry Sanderson, 76, took the stand in court on Monday morning during the high-profile civil trial involving the Goop mogul The Big Question How did Mattel come to make the first Black Barbie? When Lagueria Davis decided to move to Los Angeles to further her film career, she implored her mother to ask their older cousin – Beulah Mae Mitchell, called "aunt" by the filmmaker and 30 years her senior – whether she could temporarily stay in her Englewood apartment while finding her feet in the City of Angels.   Ms Davis didn't know her aunt very well but she knew that she had worked for Mattel and remembered at least one childhood visit when Ms Mitchell had turned up with a doll. Even as a child, the filmmaker had never really been a doll person, but her aunt certainly was. Ms Davis arrived at Ms Mitchell's home to find a collection of Barbies and other dolls, particularly Black ones, so extensive that it left her "a little concerned."   When she asked about the collection, Ms Davis learned of her family's vital contribution to the birth of the first Black Barbie, a doll that has far more cultural, historical and social significance than a simple child's plaything. 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