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U.S.|2 Dead, Including Gunman, in Nashville High School Shooting, Police Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/nashville-shooting-antioch-high-school.html
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A student opened fire inside Antioch High School, shooting two other students and then himself, the authorities said. A female student and the shooter were killed, officials said.
Jan. 22, 2025Updated 2:54 p.m. ET
A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol opened fire in a high school cafeteria in Nashville on Wednesday, fatally shooting one female student and injuring another student before killing himself, the police said.
Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, said the student who had been injured was grazed in the arm by a bullet at Antioch High School, about 20 miles southeast of downtown Nashville, and was being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A male student was also being treated for what Mr. Aaron described as a facial injury, though it was not the result of a gunshot.
The gunman fired multiple shots in the school’s cafeteria after 11 a.m., with an emergency call coming in two minutes after the first shot, Mr. Aaron said. He did not provide any additional details about the shooter or the victims. Officials said they did not know the motive for the shooting.
A student, who gave his name only as Ahmad, told the Nashville TV station WSMV that he was in the cafeteria when gunfire erupted. He and his friends hid behind garbage cans before they could make their way to the football field as they passed victims who had been shot and were bleeding on the ground.
“I wish I could save them,” he said. “I feel a lot of pain and grief and depression knowing that I can’t do a thing to help them, just seeing them get shot in front of my face like that.”
