Tennessee school shooter ‘significantly influenced’ by material found on ‘harmful’ websites: police

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According to authorities, the gunman who tragically took the lives of a female student and injured another student at a high school in Nashville, Tennessee, before taking his own life, had been greatly influenced by harmful and objectionable online content.

The Metropolitan Nashville police identified Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old, as the individual responsible for the shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday. The attack resulted in the death of Josselin Corea Escalante, a 16-year-old student, and also left a 17-year-old student wounded by a grazing bullet. Fortunately, the injured student has been treated and discharged from the hospital.

In a news release on Thursday, police said the investigation into the murder-suicide inside the school’s cafeteria determined that Henderson fired 10 shots from a 9 mm pistol within 16 seconds after entering the room.

The handgun, police said, was loaded with nine rounds when it was recovered by investigators. A magazine loaded with seven rounds was also recovered from the cafeteria floor.

Students walk away from Antioch High School

The shooting inside Antioch High School left two dead, including the shooter. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

The documents and other evidence found at the residence, police said, are being closely looked at by homicide unit detectives as well as detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division and the FBI.

“It is clear that Henderson was significantly influenced by web-based material, especially that found on non-traditional sites that most would find harmful and objectionable,” police said.

Additionally, it was learned the pistol was purchased by an individual in Arizona in 2022 and had not been reported stolen. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is helping police determine how Henderson acquired the handgun.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Christina Shaw contributed to this report.

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