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2025 school shooting in Antioch, Tennessee

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.^[1]

Antioch High School is a public high school located in Antioch, Tennessee, a neighborhood of Nashville.^[1][3] It currently has over 2,100 students^[1] enrolled in grades 9–12 and is one of 19 high schools administered by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.^[3]

Prior to the shooting, Henderson went into a school restroom, and is believed to have retrieved a weapon there.^[1][4][5] The handgun was reported to be 9mm Taurus G2C semi-automatic pistol.^{[2][verification needed]} The shooting began at 11:09 a.m. when Henderson confronted 16-year-old student Josselin Corea Escalante in the cafeteria and killed her with his handgun.^[1][3][5] Henderson then proceeded to shoot himself in the head with the same handgun.^[1][3] Two injuries occurred; one caused by being grazed by a bullet^[5] and another facial injury following a fall. Both of the injured were students.^[1][3][4] 10 shots in total were fired during the shooting.^[1] The shooting was livestreamed in part on the service Kick.^[1]

The gun used in the shooting was obtained legally in Arizona in 2022 and had never been reported as stolen.^[1] Two school resource officers were in the school building, but were not in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting.^[1][3] The school did not have metal detectors.^[6]

Parents were initially sent to a local hospital to reunite with their children.^[1] They were later taken to a designated reunification center.^[1][3] Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools has given a phone number for parents to call about the shooting.^[1]

A 17-year-old African American student, Solomon Henderson, was identified as the perpetrator, now deceased.^[1][3] As of 22 January, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department was reported to be investigating writings and social media posts connected to Henderson.^{[3][5][needs update]} In the writings, Henderson praised various mass killers,^[5] and shared antisemitic and racist views.^[1][4][5][7] A 288-page diary attributed to Henderson expressed a desire to kill people and a fear of being caught by authorities.^[7] 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.^[4] 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.^[8][1][5] Henderson was described as quiet and intelligent by classmates.^[4]

Additional information about Henderson’s history can be found on several websites. Notably, he was suspended for two days after bringing a box cutter to school and threatening another student. He was also scheduled to appear in juvenile court.

The footage of the shooting was removed from Kick, and the user who streamed it was banned from the service.^[1][4]

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.^[9]

The White House also released a report saying that president Donald Trump was following the situation and offered his sincerest thoughts and prayers.^[10]

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