A tragic shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville on Wednesday morning has left one student dead and another injured.
16-year old Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed when a 17-year-old student armed with a pistol fired multiple shots in a school cafeteria at about 11 a.m., the Metro Nashville Police had reported.
The shooter whom authorities have identified as Solomon Henderson, killed himself after shooting his schoolmates, the police further added.
At the time of filing this report, it is unclear whether the shooting victims were directly targeted by Henderson or if they were struck by random gunfire but the Nashville police are searching for a motive as they investigate.
The attack was partially live-streamed on Kick, the Australian streaming platform revealed on Wednesday. The company added that the account and video were “rapidly banned.”
“Violence has no place on Kick. We are actively working with law enforcement and taking all appropriate steps to support their investigation.” the statement said.
2025’s First School Shooting in US
Wednesday’s student shooting was the first school shooting to occur in the US in 2025, based on CNN’s school shooting database parameters. There were 83 incidents in 2024, the most of any year CNN has tracked.
Antioch High School has approximately 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12, according to the information on its website.
Public Reaction
Democratic Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, whose district includes some parts of Nashville said on Wednesday that no child should be scared “because of the omnipresent threat of gun violence.”
“The fear reverberating around the Antioch and Nashville communities today is a chilling reminder of the human cost of political inaction and the senseless tragedy of gun violence perpetuated by leaders who have prioritized firearms and the profits of the gun industry over the lives of our students,” Jones said.
Jones had been a vocal proponent of new gun control laws following the shooting deaths of three students and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville in March 2023.
The State Rep. had been one of two Black lawmakers expelled then immediately reinstated after calling for gun control reform on the House floor in 2023.
