Details released following deadly shooting at Antioch High School

ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Two students are dead and two are injured following a shooting at Antioch High School Wednesday morning, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).

MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron said the Emergency Communications Center received a call at approximately 11:11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 about shots fired at the school located on Hobson Pike.

Metro Police Chief John Drake said a 17-year-old boy who rode the bus to school went to the cafeteria, armed with a pistol, and confronted a 16-year-old girl before firing multiple shots, wounding the girl and another student, and then shooting himself in the head. Two school resource officers were in the building at the time of the shooting, but they weren't in the immediate vicinity of the cafeteria.

According to MNPD, both the suspect, 17-year-old Solomon Henderson, and the female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, died after the incident. The second student -- who Aaron described as a female in the first briefing but MNPD later described as a 17-year-old male -- sustained a graze wound to the arm but was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and released. Another male student was reportedly brought to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt with a facial injury, but that was from a fall rather than a gunshot.

MNPD's SWAT team has cleared the building amid the investigation, which is being led by the department's Homicide Unit, Aaron said.

Drake said the investigation into the shooting is expected to last into the early morning hours, with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI); the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

A reunification site for families has been established at 3754 Murfreesboro Pike. Buses have been taking students there systematically. Parents needing information regarding reunification can call 615-401-1712.

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) said regular bus routes leaving the family assistance site will start running at 2:15 p.m. Any students who usually take the bus will be brought home on their regular routes if they haven't been picked up already, students who drove to school will be brought to Antioch High to pick up their vehicles once police clear the parking lot, and students who walked to school will be brought home by MNPS transportation if they haven't been picked up already. Meanwhile, students who rode to school in a car can be picked up at 3754 Murfreesboro Pike.

Hobson Pike was closed to traffic near the Wilson County line while a portion of Murfreesboro Pike was closed near the the scene, but they have both reopened, according to officials. Tennessee Department of Transportation HELP trucks were also dispatched to the area to help with traffic congestion.

Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell said during a second news conference that it's incredibly difficult to deal with the devastation of gun violence in school communities, but he's grateful to first responders and school officials for their collaboration in the aftermath of the incident. He added that the community will continue to rally to provide resources to those impacted by the shooting.

MNPS Director Dr. Adrienne Battle, who used to be principal of Antioch High, described this as a heartbreaking day for the school and the rest of Nashville. She said this tragedy is under investigation and leaders are committed to understanding not only how and why this happened, but how they can prevent similar situations in the future and improve school safety measures.

According to Battle, Antioch High will be closed for the rest of the week as a result of the shooting. In addition, officials are arranging a location for students and staff to receive grief counseling.