Antioch High School Shooting: Two Students Dead And Two Injured. The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) reports that a shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday morning left two dead and two injured.

Antioch High School Shooting: Two Students Dead And Two Injured

On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at around 11:11 a.m., the Emergency Communications Center got a call regarding gunfire at the school on Hobson Pike, according to Don Aaron, a spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department MNPD.

Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old boy who took the bus to school, reportedly approached a 16-year-old girl named Josselin Corea Escalante in the cafeteria with a pistol in his hand. He then fired several shots, killing the girl and another student before shooting himself in the head, according to Metro Police Chief John Drake. Although they weren’t close to the cafeteria, two school resource officers were inside the facility when the incident occurred.

Both the female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, and the suspect, 17-year-old Solomon Henderson, passed away after the incident; according to MNPD.

Another male student was also sent to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with a facial injury, although that was from a fall during the mayhem rather than a gunshot. A male student also reportedly had a graze wound to the arm, but he was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Drake stated that it was still unclear whether the victims were the intended targets of the shooting, and police did not immediately have a motive. There was an investigation going on. As of Wednesday evening, police stated that they had not established any link between the shooter and the two pupils who were injured, adding that “it may be that they were struck by his random gunfire in the cafeteria.”

As part of the inquiry, police reportedly stated that they were “examining very concerning online writings and social media posts” linked to the shooter.

According to Aaron, the shooting began in the cafeteria at 11:09 a.m. local time. “At 11:11 a.m., police were called to the school,” he claimed.

According to Drake, the gunman arrived at the school by bus. According to the police chief, he may have “retrieved his weapon” in a lavatory before attacking Escalante in the cafeteria.

According to Drake, the shooter fired several times. According to Drake, responding police discovered the gunman dead in the cafeteria.

Without triggering AI weapon recognition algorithms, Henderson managed to enter the school with a nine-millimeter handgun and fire ten rounds in under seventeen seconds. Although it was not reported stolen, authorities confirmed Thursday that the firearm used in the shooting was bought in Arizona in 2022. How the shooter obtained the firearm is still a mystery.

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Before relocating to Antioch, the shooter attended school in Montgomery County. Henderson attended Barksdale Elementary and Richview Middle Schools, according to a district official. During the 2020–2021 academic year, he transferred from the Clarksville–Montgomery County School System.

This was a devastating day for Antioch High and the whole Nashville community, according to MNPS Director Dr. Adrienne Battle, a former Antioch High administrator. According to her, this tragedy is being investigated, and the leaders are dedicated to learning not only how and why it occurred, but also how to enhance school safety protocols and avoid future occurrences of this kind.

Battle said that Antioch High will be closed for the remainder of the week due to the incident. Officials are also setting up a place where workers and students may get grief counseling.