The Metro Nashville Police Department and Fire Department responded to an active shooter at Covenant School, a private Christian school in Tennessee, according to officials.

The Nashville Fire Department is treating “multiple patients” after responding to an “active aggressor” within the school, according to a tweet. The Metro Nashville Police Department “engaged” with the aggressor and reported the shooter is now dead.

“We are responding to an active aggressor at 33 Burton Hills Blvd Covenant School,” the fire department wrote. “We can confirm we have multiple patients. Parents coming to the school should go to 20 Burton Hills at this time. This is an active scene.”

A reunification site for parents to pick up their children at the school has been established, according to the fire department.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has sent agents to the school in response to the report of an active shooter, officials stated. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has closed the area surrounding the school, according to the Tennessean.

This is a developing story.

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