Heroic headteacher ran to confront Nashville school shooter before she was ‘assassinated’ in hallway

Locals visit a memorial at the entrance to the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: Cheney Orr/Reuters

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Heroic headteacher Katherine Koonce ran towards the shooter during the Nashville school massacre before the killer “assassinated” her in a hallway, it has been revealed.