Police say {that a} 17-year-old scholar within the southern metropolis of Nashville opened hearth in a highschool cafeteria, killing one and wounding two others.
Legislation enforcement within the metropolis of Nashville, Tennessee, have stated {that a} 17-year-old suspect fatally shot a feminine highschool scholar earlier than taking his personal life.
Wednesday’s capturing at Antioch Excessive College within the southern United States left two others injured as effectively.
“I’ve been briefed on the incident at Antioch Excessive College and am grateful for regulation enforcement and first responders who responded rapidly and proceed to research,” Governor Invoice Lee stated in a social media post. “As we await extra info, I be part of Tennesseans in praying for the victims, their households and the varsity neighborhood.”
Metro Nashville Police Division (MNPD) spokesperson Don Aaron stated throughout a information convention that the injured are being handled at Vanderbilt College Medical Middle.
BREAKING: A capturing incident is beneath investigation at Antioch Excessive College. Three individuals have been wounded, together with the suspect, who shot himself. Reunification web site for folks is 3754 M’boro Pk. Buses can be taking college students there. pic.twitter.com/G5UypO7neP
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) January 22, 2025
Mother and father have been advised to not come to the varsity, situated about 16 kilometres (10 miles) southeast of downtown Nashville. As a substitute, they have been suggested to select up their family members from a close-by medical facility.
Gun violence continues to plague the US, with faculty shootings a persistent example.
A database maintained by The Washington Submit signifies that, as of December, there have been 426 faculty shootings within the US since 1999, when two teenage gunmen opened hearth at Colorado’s Columbine Excessive College.
They killed 15 individuals, together with themselves, in what was the deadliest faculty capturing as much as that time.
Different high-profile faculty shootings have unfolded within the quarter-century since, together with a capturing at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Connecticut that claimed 26 lives, together with 20 youngsters and 6 workers.
The MNPD stated that Wednesday’s assault started at 11:09am (17:09 GMT). The suspect fired a number of photographs within the faculty cafeteria earlier than capturing himself within the head. Along with the teenage woman killed within the assault, one scholar was wounded and one other was grazed within the arm.
Aaron, the police spokesperson, stated that two faculty useful resource officers have been on web site however have been in a special a part of the constructing when the capturing started. By the point they reached the realm, the capturing was over and the suspected attacker was lifeless.
In a press release afterwards, President Donald Trump supplied condolences to the households and survivors concerned.
“The President and his group are monitoring the information out of Nashville,” the assertion stated. “As particulars unfold, the White Home gives its heartfelt ideas and prayers to these impacted by this mindless tragedy and thank the courageous first responders responding to the incident.”
This isn’t the primary time lately that the Nashville space has suffered such a tragedy.
In March 2023, an attacker killed three youngsters, all 9 years outdated, and three adults at a personal Christian elementary faculty known as The Covenant College.
In response, the Tennessee legislature handed a invoice permitting some academics and workers to hold hid weapons on campus at public faculties, although critics questioned the efficacy of the measure, within the face of loosened gun restrictions within the state.
