Nashville school shooting: US President Joe Biden expresses solidarity with victims

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US President Joe Biden on Wednesday expressed his solidarity with the victims of the Nashville School Shooting and said that as a nation Washington owes these families more than just prayers. (REUTERS)

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"As a nation, we owe these families more than our prayers. We owe them action. We have to do more to stop this gun violence... I again call on Congress to pass assault weapons ban," US President Joe Biden said in his remarks in Durham on Tuesday. (AFP)

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"You know, we know the names of the victims. We've seen the initial footage of the attack. Three children -- three children dead, all just nine years old, including the daughter of the pastor. Three members of the staff -- the school custodian, a substitute teacher, and the head of school," Biden added. (AFP)

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The victims included three students who were all 9 years old, the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a tweet. (AP)

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"The 6 victims fatally shot by the active shooter at Covenant School are identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9, Cynthia Peak, age 61, Katherine Koonce, age 60, and Mike Hill, age 61," Metro Nashville Police Department tweeted. (AP)

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A young girl places an item at a growing memorial in Nashville, at an entry to Covenant School for the victims of Monday' shooting. (AP)

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A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on March 27, before being shot dead by police.(AP)

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Chief of Police John Drake named the suspect as Audrey Hale, 28, who the officer later said identified as transgender. (AP)

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People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for victims at the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church following the shooting.(AFP)