ANTIOCH, TN (WKRN) — The 17-year-old who opened fire inside the cafeteria of Antioch High School Wednesday morning has been identified as Solomon Henderson, who was a student at Antioch High and previously attended schools in Clarksville.
The incident
According to Chief John Drake of the Metro Nashville Police Department, Henderson arrived at the school on a bus and is believed to have gone into the restroom and retrieved a pistol. Henderson reportedly confronted a female student before he opened fire inside the cafeteria, resulting in the death of 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante.
The MNPD said Henderson then shot himself in the head and was fatally wounded.
Officials said a male student sustained a graze wound to the arm but was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and released. Another male student was reportedly brought to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with a facial injury that wasn’t from a gunshot.
What we know about shooter
During a Wednesday morning press conference, Drake said there may have been at least one “prior incident” involving Henderson at the school, but specified he was unsure of the details.
Henderson previously attended schools in Clarksville, including Barksdale Elementary and Richview Middle, CMCSS spokesman Anthony Johnson confirmed to Clarksville Now. Henderson left CMCSS in 2021, after his seventh grade year. The names of his parents have not been released.
One Antioch student told News 2 Henderson was a “smart person,” adding that he was at the “top of the class,” and was “quiet.”
“We were in ROTC together, this year too and he was always top of the class always doing his work,” she added. “To know that he did stuff about that, and he planned to do it, you just don’t know how anyone really is.”
Clarksville Now contributed to this report.
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