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Antioch High School shooting
Part of school shootings in the United States
LocationAntioch, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DateJanuary 22, 2025 (2025-01-22)
11:09 a.m.[1] (CST)
TargetStudents at Antioch High School
Attack type
School shooting murder-suicide
Weapon9mm Taurus G2C semi-automatic pistol[2]
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2 (1 via gunfire)
PerpetratorSolomon Henderson
MotiveUnder investigation (possibly morenazism)

On January 22, 2025, a school shooting occurred at Antioch High School in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. 17-year-old student Solomon Henderson opened fire inside the school's cafeteria, killing one student and injuring another before turning the gun on himself.[3]

Background

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Antioch High School is a public high school located in Antioch, Tennessee, a neighborhood of Nashville.[3][4] It currently has over 2,100 students[3] enrolled in grades 9–12 and is one of 19 high schools administered by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.[4]

Shooting

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Prior to the shooting, Henderson went into a school restroom, and is believed to have retrieved a weapon there.[3][5][6] The shooting began when Henderson confronted 16-year-old student Josselin Corea Escalante in the cafeteria and killed her with a handgun.[3][4][6] Henderson then proceeded to shoot and kill himself with a shot to the head.[3][4] Two injuries occurred; one caused by being grazed by a bullet[6] and another facial injury following a fall. Both of the injured were students.[3][4][5] 10 shots in total were fired during the shooting.[3] The gun used in the shooting was obtained legally in Arizona in 2022 and had never been reported as stolen.[3] Two school resource officers were in the school building, but were not in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting.[3][4] The shooting was "partially" livestreamed on the service Kick.[3]

The school did not have metal detectors.[7]

Immediate aftermath

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Parents were initially sent to a local hospital to reunite with their children.[3] They were later taken to a designated reunification center.[3][4] Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools has given a phone number for parents to call about the shooting.[3]

Perpetrator

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17-year-old African American student Solomon Henderson was identified as the perpetrator.[3][4] The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is investigating writings and social media posts connected to Henderson.[4][6] In the writings, Henderson praised various mass killers[6] and shared antisemitic and racist views.[3][5][6][8] A 288-page diary attributed to Henderson expressed a desire to kill people and a fear of being caught by authorities.[8] A separate 51-page document expressed white supremacist and neo-Nazi beliefs, including hatred towards minority groups. Henderson described himself as a Black man who was angry at members of his own race.[5] Police investigators discovered evidence that Henderson and the perpetrator of the Abundant Life Christian School shooting, Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow, were following each other on social media but did not coordinate in their planning of their respective attacks.[9][3][6] Henderson was described as quiet and intelligent by classmates.[5]

Response

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The footage of the shooting was removed from Kick, and the user who streamed it was banned from the service.[3][5]

Governor Bill Lee released a statement condemning the incident. Other state officials and members of the Nashville Public School Board released their own statements regarding the incident.[10]

The White House also released a report saying that president Donald Trump was following the situation and offered his sincerest thoughts and prayers.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Sundby, Alex. "Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say". CBS News. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  2. ^ Kokcu, Ata Ahmet (January 24, 2025). "Antioch School shooter Henderson refers to Turkish neo-Nazi in manifesto". Türkiye Today.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Sundby, Alex (January 22, 2025). "Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say". CBS News. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hall, Kristin; Loller, Travis; Mattise, Jonathan (January 22, 2025). "Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say". Associated Press. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Patton, Alicia; Owens, Mye; Baird, Brittney (January 22, 2025). "What we know so far about the Antioch school shooter". WKRN. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Shapiro, Emily; Sarnoff, Leah (January 22, 2025). "Nashville school shooting suspect allegedly praised mass shooters, extremist views". ABC News. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  7. ^ Nashville school officials say AI gun detection system didn't activate alarm prior to shooting , Associated Press, January 23, 2025
  8. ^ a b Williams, Phil (January 23, 2025). "'I'm slipping.' 288-page diary describes Antioch school shooter's plan to kill 'at least 10 people'". News Channel 5 Nashville. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Petrovic, Phoebe (January 24, 2025). "Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities". ProPublica. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  10. ^ West, Emily (January 22, 2025). "Community leaders respond to shooting that left two dead at Antioch High School". News Channel 5 Nashville. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  11. ^ "Tiroteo en escuela de Nashville deja una estudiante muerta". Diario Las Américas (in Spanish). January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
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