16-Year-Old Killed in Nashville High School Shooting; Shooter Also Dead
A 17-year-old student fatally shot a classmate, injured another, and livestreamed part of the attack before taking his own life.
- The shooting occurred in the cafeteria of Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, which serves approximately 2,000 students.
- The 17-year-old shooter killed a 16-year-old female student, wounded another student with a graze wound, and then fatally shot himself.
- The incident was partially livestreamed by the shooter on an online platform, but the video has since been removed and the account suspended.
- Two school police officers were present on campus but were unable to intervene in time to prevent the tragedy.
- This marks the first school shooting in the United States in 2025, following a record 83 school shootings in 2024, reigniting debates over gun control policies in the country.