Covenant School employee said staff members carried guns
A person hiding under a desk during the shooting at the Covenant School told the 911 dispatcher that one or two staff members carry guns.
At 10:12:05 a.m. Monday, a woman calling from the office of the nursery said, "We do have a school person, or two ... I'm not sure ... who would be packing, whose job it is for security. We don't have security guards, but we have staff."
She did not name who typically carried weapons, and it is not clear whether those staff members were at the school at the time of the shooting.
Six people were killed in the shooting Monday in Nashville. Police arrived within minutes and killed the shooter, a 28-year-old former student. Officials released two dozen 911 calls and recordings of emergency dispatches from the shooting on Thursday.
A recurring debate around school shootings is whether casualties could be lessened by arming teachers.
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Police have not indicated that any employee at the Covenant School had a gun or fired at the shooter.
Fourteen minutes into the call, the woman under the desk began to pray. "Oh Lord in Jesus' name," she said. "Help the policemen do what they need to do."
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