White House renews assault weapons ban call after St. Louis school shooting

Details: St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack identified the suspect at a news conference as 19-year-old Orlando Harris, who graduated from the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School last year.

• The suspect fatally shot a teacher and a 16-year-old girl and wounded four teenage boys and three girls before witnesses said his gun became jammed, per AP.
• All schools in the district were placed on lockdown for the rest of the day and after-school activities were canceled following the shooting.

What we're watching: Sack said authorities were investigating the motive, but mental illness may be a factor.

What they're saying: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a news conference Monday condemned the "senseless violence" and called for "additional action to stop the scourge of gun violence."

• "Every day that the Senate fails to send an assault weapons ban to the president’s desk or waits to take another common sense action is a day too late for families and communities impacted by gun violence," Jean-Pierre said.

Context: President Biden laid out his gun safety agenda, which included a call to ban assault weapons, earlier this year after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.

• The House passed a ban on assault weapons in July, but the measure has stalled in the Senate.