All of us stepped over a victim Nashville officers describe response to Covenant School shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville police officers who stopped the Covenant School shooting last week spoke out publicly for the first time on Tuesday, detailing the shock and horror of the incident. They described the smell of gun power and stepping over bodies before firing the bullets that stopped the shooter. “Last Monday was a day that we all hope we’d never see anywhere, and especially here in Nashville,” Police Chief John Drake said. The shooting March 27 left three children and three adult staff members dead. The incident was one of Tennessee’s deadliest school shootings. The shooter, identified by police…