As a mark of respect for the victims of the deadly shooting at a Nashville school, President Joe Biden has ordered that the U.S. national flag shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings, grounds, military posts, naval stations, and naval vessels throughout the United States until Friday. <\/p>\n
Biden also directed that the flag shall be flown at half-staff at all U.S. embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.<\/p>\n
The President called on Congress to pass tougher gun control laws “before another child is senselessly killed in a preventable act of gun violence.”<\/p>\n
“We have to do more to stop gun violence. It is ripping our communities apart, and ripping at the very soul of this nation,” he added.<\/p>\n
Biden expressed appreciation for the first responders and offered prayers for all the families affected by this shooting. <\/p>\n
Three 9-year-old children and three staff members, all in their sixties, were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, Monday morning, police said.<\/p>\n
The well-armed shooter, an ex-student of the school, was shot to death by the police. One police officer was injured in exchange of fire.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, police said. Police recovered a manifesto, a detailed map of the school, and more weapons from the shooter’s home.<\/p>\n
The motive of the killing, the latest in a series of mass shooting taking place in the country, is not known.<\/p>\n
It was the 13th shooting incident in a U.S. school this year resulting in injuries or deaths, according to data compiled by Education Week. <\/p>\n