Two students were shot in the cafeteria of Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, before the gunman turned the gun on himself, according to police.
Fox 17 Nashville reported that the gunman entered the cafeteria and shot two students before shooting himself. The Metro Nashville Police Department identified the shooter as a 17-year-old male who shot two students with a pistol. One female victim was killed and a male student was transported to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is in stable condition after suffering a “graze wound.” The gunman then shot and killed himself. Police initially said that two female students were shot, but reports now state that one female student was killed and one male student was wounded by the gunman.
Update from Metro Nashville Police PIO Don Aaron: @FOXNashville pic.twitter.com/1IbfwoNKXW
— Madeleine Nolan (@MaddieNolanTV) January 22, 2025
Two SROs were inside the high school at the time of the shooting, but neither of them were in the cafeteria when the gunman opened fire, police said, according to WKRN.
According to the Metro Nashville Public Schools, Antioch High School went into lockdown after the shooting, and students were gathered in the school’s auditorium.
BREAKING: A shooting incident is under investigation at Antioch High School. Three people have been wounded, including the suspect, who shot himself. Reunification site for parents is 3754 M’boro Pk. Buses will be taking students there. pic.twitter.com/G5UypO7neP
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) January 22, 2025
Police set up a reunification site in Antioch at 3754 Murfreesboro Pike, where buses will transport students to be picked up by their parents.
The White House said that President Donald Trump “and his team are monitoring the news out of Nashville,” Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margeret Olohan reported.
“As details unfold, the White House offers its heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those impacted by this senseless tragedy and thank the brave first responders responding to the incident,” the White House added.
White House: “The President and his team are monitoring the news out of Nashville. As details unfold, the White House offers its heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those impacted by this senseless tragedy and thank the brave first responders responding to the incident.”
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) January 22, 2025
Antioch High School is about 15 miles southeast of The Covenant School in Nashville, where nearly two years ago, a transgender-identifying shooter killed three children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by MNPD officers.
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