Motive unknown in deadly Nashville school shooting: Police

Jan 22

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By Lauren Taylor (Anchor/Reporter), Zachary Hill (Video Editor)

Two high school students are dead and another wounded after a shooting inside Antioch High School in Nashville Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. Investigators say a 17-year-old male student opened fire on a 16-year-old girl in the school’s cafeteria.

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Nashville police identified the female victim as Josselin Corea Escalante and the shooter as Solomon Henderson.

After killing Escalante, Henderson turned the gun on himself. Police declared him dead at the scene.

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As multiple shots rang out, a third student suffered a graze wound to the arm. Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the third student has been treated and released from the hospital.

One student who was in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting described the scene to WKRN News. “It was a shooting and then we was all running, and so I was trying to help people who was falling on the ground,” the student said. “And the shooter was like in the front of the cafeteria just shooting up, and we ran out the side door.”

Police say Henderson arrived at school in the morning on a school bus. They believe he retrieved his weapon from the bathroom before confronting Escalante in the cafeteria and opening fire.

Chief Drake said investigators are in the preliminary stages of the investigation and are looking at materials on the internet as evidence of a possible motive.

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TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DEAD AND ANOTHER IS WOUNDED AFTER A SHOOTING INSIDE ANTIOCH HIGH SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A 17-YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT OPENED FIRE ON A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA.

NASHVILLE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE FEMALE VICTIM AS JOSSELIN COREA ESCALANTE AND THE SHOOTER AS SOLOMON HENDERSON.

AFTER KILLING ESCALANTE, HENDERSON TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. POLICE DECLARED HIM DEAD.

WHILE MULTIPLE SHOTS RANG OUT, A THIRD STUDENT SUFFERED A GRAZE WOUND TO THE ARM. NASHVILLE POLICE CHIEF JOHN DRAKE SAYS THE THIRD STUDENT HAS BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

WKRN NEWS SPOKE TO ONE STUDENT WHO WAS IN THE CAFETERIA AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. HE TELLS THE NEWS OUTLET “IT WAS A SHOOTING AND THEN WE WAS ALL RUNNING AND SO I WAS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WAS FALLING ON THE GROUND. AND THE SHOOTER WAS LIKE IN THE FRONT OF THE CAFETERIA JUST SHOOTING UP AND WE RAN OUT THE SIDE DOOR.”

POLICE SAY HENDERSON ARRIVED TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING ON A SCHOOL BUS AND IT’S BELIEVED HE RETRIEVED HIS WEAPON FROM THE BATHROOM BEFORE CONFRONTING ESCALANTE IN THE CAFETERIA AND OPENING FIRE.

CHIEF DRAKE SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF INVESTIGATING AND THE SHOOTERS MOTIVE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

DRAKE SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT MATERIALS ON THE INTERNET AS PART OF EVIDENCE INTO A POSSIBLE MOTIVE.