A girl killed a female student in a shooting at a Nashville school, US police said News of the Gunfight
Police say a 17-year-old student in south Nashville opened fire in a high school cafeteria, killing one and wounding two.
Law enforcement in Nashville, Tennessee, say a 17-year-old suspect shot and killed a female high school student before killing himself.
Wednesday’s incident at Antioch High School in the southern United States left two others injured.
“I was notified of the incident at Antioch High School and thank law enforcement and first responders who responded quickly and continue to investigate,” Governor Bill Lee said in a social media post. “As we await more information, I join Tennesseans in praying for the victims, their families and the school community.”
Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) spokesman Don Aaron said at a press conference that the injured were treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
BREAKING: Antioch High School shooting under investigation. Three people were injured, including the suspect who shot himself. The location of the parent union is 3754 M’boro Pk. Buses will be taking students there. pic.twitter.com/G5UypO7neP
– Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) January 22, 2025
Parents were told not to come to the school, which is located 16 kilometers (10 miles) southeast of downtown Nashville. Instead, they were advised to take their loved ones to the nearest medical center.
Gun violence continues to plague the US, with school shootings being an ongoing example.
A database maintained by The Washington Post indicates that, as of December, there have been 426 school shootings in the US since 1999, when two young gunmen opened fire at Colorado’s Columbine High School.
They killed 15 people, including themselves, in an incident that killed the most people at the school up to that time.
Other school shootings have occurred in the quarter century since, including the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 26 people, including 20 children and six staff members.
The MNPD said Wednesday’s attack began at 11:09am (17:09 GMT). The suspect fired multiple shots in the school cafeteria before shooting himself in the head. Apart from the girl who died in the incident, one student was injured and another was grazed in the arm.
Aaron, the police spokesperson, said two officers were present in the area but were in another part of the building when the shooting started. By the time they reached the area, the shooting had ended and the suspected attacker was dead.
In a statement afterward, President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the families and survivors involved.
“The President and his team are monitoring the news in Nashville,” the statement said. “As details unfold, the White House offers its heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those affected by this senseless tragedy and thanks the brave first responders who responded to this incident.”
This is not the first time in recent years that the Nashville area has had such a massacre.
In March 2023, an attacker killed three children, all nine years old, and three adults at a private primary school called The Covenant School.
In response, the Tennessee legislature passed a bill allowing some teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons in public schools, although critics questioned the effectiveness of the measure, despite the state’s relaxed gun restrictions.
