Authorities identified the three children and three adults who were shot to death at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday a horror the citys police chief said he hoped would never, ever come here in the city.

The student victims at The Covenant School were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney two of whom were 9 years old and one was about to turn 9. The three adults killed were 61-year-old substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, the 60-year-old head of school Katherine Koonce and 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill.

When we send our kids to school or to any place of safety, we expect them to live, learn, have fun and come back from that days experience. We dont anticipate things like this, John Drake, chief of the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, said at the third press briefing of the day.

Authorities identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who was killed by officers at the scene. Police believe Hale was a former student. They said the shooter was in possession of three weapons at the school: a rifle, an assault-style pistol and a handgun. Two of the three weapons were obtained legally in the Nashville area and the shooter has no history at all of past criminal activities, Drake said.