Melissa Joan Hart Helped Kids Flee the Nashville School Shooting and Brought Them to Safety: They ‘Were Trying to Escape’

Kelsea Ballerini kicked off the 2023 CMT Music Awards with a dedication to the victims of the Nashville school shooting. The country music star, 29, said, "On March 27, 2023, three nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs along with Dr.

Kelsea Ballerini opened the 2023 CMT Music Awards with a call to action regarding last week's shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, also telling audiences she is the survivor of a 2008 school shooting in the same state. «On March 27, 2023, three 9-year-olds -- Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs -- along with Dr. Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill walked into Covenant School and didn't walk out,» Ballerini began the CMT broadcast.«The community of sorrow over this and the 130 mass shootings in the U.S.

Paying tribute. Kelsea Ballerini honored victims of the Nashville, Tennessee, Covenant School shooting at the start of the 2023 CMT Awards on Sunday, April 2.

A magical love story! Melissa Joan Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson have a sweet romance that has been going strong for two decades.

mass school shooting at The Covenant School earlier this week.Sheryl Crow was among the local resident artists who performed during the vigil as hundreds of people gathered to mourn the tragic loss of life.Crow, who has been a Nashville-area resident for more than 15 years, accompanied herself at a piano to sing «I Shall Believe,» a hymn-like track from her 1993 album, . «Come to me now, and lay your hands on me,» Crow sang. «Say it will be all right, and I shall believe.» She ended the song with the chorus of Dionne Warwick’s «What the World Needs Now (Is Love, Sweet Love).»Margo Price, an outspoken advocate for gun safety, also performed, singing an a cappella version of Bob Dylan’s «Tears of Rage.»Both Price and Crow spoke out on social media in the wake of Monday's fatal shooting, calling not just for gun safety but an end to the senseless violence that continues in this country.Also in attendance, was first lady Jill Biden, along with a host of local and state elected officials, police officers, and clergy members.Speaking to the crowd, Nashville Mayor John Cooper thanked mourners for gathering after what he called was the city's «worst day.»«Just two days ago was our city's worst day,» Cooper said. «And Deputy Mayor Heywood and Laura and I want to thank all of you for being here today.

Neil Pond A candlelight vigil in Nashville Wednesday night drew hundreds to grieve the victims of the mass school shooting which claimed six lives earlier this week, with local residents Sheryl Crow and Margo Price among those offering performances as part of the public grieving. The event was relatively brief — only about half an hour — but powerful and moving, attended by First Lady Jill Biden, a host of local and state elected officials, police officers, and clergy, along with the musicians who performed songs obviously chosen with great care for the somber occasion. Sheryl Crow, who has spent more than 15 years as a Nashville-area resident, accompanied herself at a piano to sing “I Shall Believe,” a hymn-like track from her breakthrough album “Tuesday Night Music Club.” The crowd soaked up the hopeful balm of the spiritually tinged ballad in the wake of the shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, the small Christian elementary academy where three children and three adults were killed by a 28-year-old assailant carrying two assault weapons and a pistol.

A post shared by Melissa Joan Hart (@melissajoanhart)“We helped all these tiny little kids cross the road and get their teachers over there, and we helped a mom reunite with her children.”The actor explained that this was the second time her family had been in close proximity to a school shooting after they moved to Nashville from Connecticut where her kids were in a school “a little ways down” from the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.“I just don’t know what to say anymore,” the actor added. “It is just, enough is enough.

Melissa Joan Hart recalled the horrific scene she witnessed in the aftermath of the most recent mass shooting, this time in Nashville, Tennessee, where three children and three adults died when a shooter opened fire at the Covenant Presbyterian School.

Melissa Joan Hart recalled the horrific scene she witnessed in the aftermath of the most recent mass shooting, this time in Nashville, Tennessee, where three children and three adults died when a shooter opened fire at the Covenant Presbyterian School.The star took to her podcast on Wednesday and explained exactly what she witnessed on Monday at the school «right next» to the one where her three children --  ages 10, 15, and 17 — attend. Hart, who previously said this was her second experience with a school mass shooting after moving from Connecticut (where 20 children were killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown), said she and her co-host, Amanda Lee, were on their way to their kids' schools for a parent conference when they saw the unthinkable unfolding, which included a teacher guiding children across a highway and away from danger. «I was driving to our conference — my husband and I — and saw a helicopter,» she said. «We're like, 'That's really weird.' Then we tried to get across the street and one cop car was just there directing traffic to turn.

Melissa Joan Hart shared a heartbreaking story about the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Melissa Joan Hart acted as a hero to survivors escaping The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. Hart, who lives in Nashville with husband Mark Wilkerson and their three children, explained her experience in an emotional video that she posted on Instagram Tuesday.

A heartbreaking story. Melissa Joan Hart revealed that she and husband Mark Wilkerson were in the area after the recent Nashville school shooting and helped a group of kindergarteners evacuate to safety.

Melissa Joan Hart posted a raw video of her experience being nearby the Nashville school shooting.

Melissa Joan Hart has shared an emotional video detailing how she helped some of the children fleeing from the school shooting in Nashville which took place on Monday. On 27 March, three children and three adults were shot dead at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, by a 28 year old former student. Sabrina The Teenage Witch star Melissa, 46, took to Instagram to share how she and husband Mark Wilkerson, also 46, had been on their way to school conferences when they encountered a group of young children who had escaped the shooting.

video on Instagram posted Tuesday, revealed in heart-wrenching detail that she and her husband ended up helping several young children who were trying to escape the deadly shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday.“Hey guys, for those of you that know, I live in Nashville, and what’s been going on here today. My kids go to school right next to a school where there was a shooting today,” Hart said in the video, which you can watch at the top of the page now. “We moved here from Connecticut where we were in a school a little ways down from Sandy Hook.

Melissa Joan Hart is reflecting on how she and her husband, Mark Wilkerson, assisted in the aftermath of the Covenant Presbyterian School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday that left six dead. On Tuesday, the actress shared a video she said she delayed posting, explaining that she and Wilkerson helped young students who fled the shooting. «Prayers today, Action tomorrow. This was too raw to post yesterday but wanted you to hear this story,» she captioned the video. Hart — who is the mother of children ages 10, 15, and 17 -- began by explaining that she is a resident of Nashville and that this is the second time her family has lived in proximity to a school involved in a mass shooting. «Hey, guys, for those of you that know, I live in Nashville and what's been going on here today,» she began the video, referencing the shooting. A post shared by Melissa Joan Hart (@melissajoanhart)«My kids go to school right next to the school where there was a shooting today.

Melissa Joan Hart believes “enough is enough.”

The official trailer for Dead Ringers, Prime Video’s upcoming psychological thriller limited series starring Rachel Weisz, has been delayed for a day due to the Nashville school shooting which left three children and three adults dead.

Jana Kramer‘s family has close ties to the area of the Nashville school shooting.

Jessie James Decker broke down into tears after confirming her children are safe following a Nashville school shooting nearby that killed six people on Monday, March 27.