WSMV4 Investigates learned that police were not notified by the Omnilert system as it failed to detect the weapon used in the cafeteria.
The suspected shooter who killed one student at a high school in Nashville on Tuesday has been identified as Solomon Henderson, 17.
"Based on the location of the shooter and the position of the weapon, it did not activate the system," a district official told the USA TODAY Network.
Police responded to a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Police told CBS News the shooting happened in the school cafeteria.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria Wednesday left a female student dead and another student wounded, nearly two years after another deadly school shooting in the city that ignited an emotional debate about gun control in Tennessee.
A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol, identified by authorities as Solomon Henderson, fired several shots in the cafeteria. A female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed and a boy was grazed on his arm. Henderson then shot himself in the head and was fatally wounded.
Gunfire erupted just after 11 a.m. Wednesday at Antioch High School – about 45 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville – when 17-year-old Solomon Henderson “confronted” the victim before firing
A student shot at least two other students Wednesday at Antioch High School outside Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The shooter then shot himself, according to police.
A teenage boy is suspected in a school shooting Wednesday in Nashville that left 1 dead and 2 others injured before he turned the gun on himself.
Two people were shot before the shooter turned the gun on themselves at Antioch High School in Nashville, Wednesday, according to officials.
Mayor Freddie O'Connell on Thursday announced a new Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee fund for victims in the Antioch High shooting.