Multiple threatening messages began circulating online after a 17-year-old student walked into Antioch High School’s cafeteria and shot two fellow students, killing one of them, on Wednesday. The latest was an online post threatening to shoot up six Nashville-area middle schools.
Nashville police and schools are monitoring social media discussion and concerns Thursday as people speculate if additional schools could be targeted after a 17-year-old student opened fire Wednesday at Antioch High School, killing himself and a 16-year-old girl while injuring another, officials said.
Police responded to a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Police told CBS News the shooting happened in the school cafeteria.
Superintendent for Metro Nashville Public Schools Adrienne Battle said the school uses a weapons detection system called Omnilert.
A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol, identified by authorities as Solomon Henderson, fired several shots in the cafeteria. A female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed and a boy was grazed on his arm. Henderson then shot himself in the head and was fatally wounded.
Gunfire erupted just after 11 a.m. Wednesday at Antioch High School – about 45 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville – when 17-year-old Solomon Henderson “confronted” the victim before firing
A student shot at least two other students Wednesday at Antioch High School outside Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The shooter then shot himself, according to police.
Police say a shooting at a Nashville high school has left one student dead and another woulded. Metro Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron said during a news conference that the 17-year-old gunman later shot and killed himself with a handgun.
The weapon detection system at Antioch High School failed to detect the gun involved in Wednesday’s shooting that left two students dead and two injured. Omnilert, the AI-powered system, ties into the school’s existing camera network to detect weapons on school grounds.
One of the 12-year-olds threatened to shoot four of his classmates, the other posted a threat on Instagram and an 11th grader threatened “Antioch part two,” according to police.
The tragic shooting at Antioch High School has sparked concerns over the effectiveness of its AI-based weapons detection system, Omnilert.