1 student killed, 1 injured in shooting at Antioch High School in Tennessee; shooter dead
One student is dead and another is wounded after a third student opened fire with a pistol Wednesday at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The shooter then shot himself and died, according to police.
Police said the two victims were female and the shooter was a 17-year-old male.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told CBS News that the shooting happened in the school cafeteria.
Police were called to the school at 11:11 a.m. local time, police said.
The police department posted a photo to social media of officers responding. Parents were urged to not come to the school and instead to go to a hospital to reunite with their children.
Nashville’s school district posted a phone number that families can call for information.
“The line is very busy,” the school district said. “Stay on even if you don’t hear a tone.”
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Police said buses would take the students to the reunification center. Aerial footage from CBS affiliate WTVF-TV showed a crowd of people outside the hospital.
Over 2,100 students are enrolled at the public high school.
Antioch is a neighborhood of Nashville about 10 miles southeast of downtown.
The shooting happened less than two years after a shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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