17-Year-Old Gunman Kills One, Then Shoots Himself at Nashville-Area High School

Police confirm the teen wounded two students, one fatally, before turning the gun on himself in a cafeteria. Another student was injured but not from a gunshot.
17-Year-Old Gunman Kills One, Then Shoots Himself at Nashville-Area High School
Emergency personnel gather outside Antioch High School after a shooting incident in Nashville on Jan. 22, 2025. Metro Nashville Police via AP
Chase Smith
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A 17-year-old male student injured one student and killed another before turning the gun on himself in a cafeteria at a Nashville-area high school on Jan. 22.

Metro Nashville Police Department spokesperson Don Aaron said in a news conference that the suspect fired multiple shots in the school’s cafeteria at about 11:09 a.m., wounding two students. One of the victims, described by police as a female, later died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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