After the horrificschool shootingthat occurred in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday,Melissa Joan Hartshared details about what she saw and how she came to get involved when inadvertently coming across the scene. For reasons that are still unclear, a 28-year-old assailant targeted a Christian elementary school, killing three children and three adults. The shooter was also killed by responding police officers.
On Tuesday, Hart took to Instagram to share a video addressing the incident. Feeling emotional, theSabrina the Teenage Witchstar says how she lives in Nashville, noting how her children attend a school that’s very close to the one where the shooting took place. Hart also says how she had moved to Tennessee from Connecticut, where her children had similarly been going to school close to where the Sandy Hook massacre happened.
In the video, Hart goes on to explain how she and her husband had been on their way to her children’s school when she noticed terrified children emerging from the woods by a busy highway. Hart says they stopped to help and realized that the children were running from an active shooter that had targeted their school. She describes helping the childrens get safely across the street before going on to ask for prayers for the families of the victims. From the video:
“My kids go to school right next to where there was a shooting today. My husband and I were on our way to school for conferences, and luckily our kids weren’t in today. And we helped a class of kindergartners across a busy highway. They were climbing out of the woods. They were trying to escape the shooter situation at their school. So, we helped all these tiny little kids cross the road, and get their teachers over there. We helped a mom reunite with her children. I don’t know what to say anymore. It is just, enough is enough. Just pray. Pray for the families.”
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Melissa Joan Hart Asks for Prayers
Three nine-year-old children were sadly killed in the shooting: Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney. The three staffers killed include 61-year-old Cynthia Peak, 61-year-old Mike Hill, and 60-year-old Katherine Koonce. The investigation is ongoing, and while there’s no motive that appears to be apparent, authorities have identified the 28-year-old shooters as a former student of the school.
Those looking to help the survivors and the families of the vitcims in the wake of the tragedy canmake monetary donations through the Caring for Covenant Fund.
