Inside Covenant Nashville officers give harrowing firsthand accounts of running to gunfire

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — For the first time since six people were shot and killed inside a Nashville private school, three of the police officers who made entry to the locked building and navigated through smoky hallways towards the active shooter are giving their firsthand accounts of that March 27 morning. In a press briefing Tuesday, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Detective Sgt. Jeff Mathes, Officer Rex Engelbert and Detective Michael Collazo “just wanted to save kids.” Some didn’t even bother dressing in ballistic gear before heading toward the Covenant School shooter. Each took the podium on Tuesday…