One dead, two injured in shooting at Nashville high school

One person was dead after the incident at Antioch High School, while two others injured were taken to the hospital

NASHVILLE: Authorities said one person was dead and two others wounded by gunfire at a Nashville high school.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson John Howser said one person was dead after the shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday.

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Howser said two others were taken to the hospital with injuries. The school has about 2,000 students and is located in a neighbourhood of Nashville about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of downtown.

The shooter is believed to have shot two students before shooting themself, according to police spokesperson April Weatherly, who could not immediately say if the shooter was a student.

School officials were asking parents not to go to the high school to pick up their children. They were asked to go to a nearby hospital instead. Students will be taken there as they are released from the school by police.

The FBI in Nashville referred questions to the Metro Nashville Police Department, which was leading the investigation, spokesperson Elizabeth Clement-Webb said in an email. She said Nashville police had not asked for the FBI’s help in the investigation as of early Wednesday afternoon.

School shootings have been top of mind in Nashville. In March 2023, a shooter killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in the city, The Covenant School.