Two students died and another student was hurt after a shooting inside Antioch High School near Nashville on Wednesday.
According to police, a female and male student were shot by another in the cafeteria. The shooter then turned the gun on himself. One female student and the shooter died
The teen girl who died is identified as Josselin Corea Escalante. The shooter is identified as Solomon Henderson.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Highway Patrol assisted with Metro Nashville Police Department investigators. Around 2,000 students attend Antioch High School.
“The investigation is ongoing. We are not sure if it was targeted or intended for other people. Our homicide detectives are actively investigating this,” MNPD Chief John Drake said.
The shooter arrived on a bus on Wednesday morning. Police said, they believe he went into a bathroom to retrieve his weapon before the school shooting happened.
The active-shooter call came in at 11:11 am.
Two student resource officers were in the building at the time of the shooting but were not in the cafeteria. The school has protective film on the glass and video security that is supposed to detect guns. Metal detectors weren’t present at the high school.
Federal partners are doing a trace on the pistol, which was the shooter’s weapon. Multiple rounds were fired inside the school.
An additional student was injured from falling trying to run away.
