Student fatally shoots 1 student, wounds another at US high school

A female student has died and another student was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning at Antioch High School in Nashville, a police spokesman said, Report informs via CNN.

Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, was killed when a 17-year-old student armed with a pistol fired multiple shots in a school cafeteria at 11:09 a.m., according to Metro Nashville Police.

Authorities identified the shooter as Solomon Henderson, who killed himself after shooting his schoolmates, police said.

A male student victim had what was described as a graze wound to the arm and was treated and released, police said. Another male student sustained a facial injury but was not shot. Police did not name those victims.

A spokesperson for Vanderbilt University Medical Center referred questions to police.

It’s unclear whether the shooting victims were directly targeted by Henderson or struck by random gunfire.

“The investigation to this point has not established a connection between Henderson and the two shooting victims,” Metro Nashville Police said in a statement. “It may be that they were struck by his random gunfire in the cafeteria.”

Nashville police are searching for a motive as they investigate.

“Homicide Unit detectives along with their law enforcement partners in the MNPD and federal/state agencies are examining very concerning online writings and social media posts connected to 17-year-old Solomon Henderson as they work to establish the motive behind Henderson’s gunfire this morning in Antioch High School’s cafeteria,” the department said.