Tennessee high school shooting horror as student opens fire in Antioch High School cafeteria
Two students are dead and one is injured after a shooting at a Tennessee high school cafeteria.
The horror unfolded at Antioch High School at around 11am on Wednesday, with the shooter opening fire on two before turning the gun on himself.
The 17-year-old shooter and one of his two female victims are the two people who died.
The other student was rushed to Vanderbilt University Hospital with a graze wound to the arm but is in a stable condition. No further identifying details have been released.
Terrifying footage showed the shooting unfold inside the cafeteria, with gunshots and screams echoing through the lunch room.
An unidentified cameraman can be seen edging closer to the scene of the shooting then saying: ‘Oh, he shot himself.’
The edge of what appears to be a person lying down on the tiled floor is visible for a moment before the clip ends.
‘Antioch High School is on a lockdown due to shots being fired inside the school building. Metro Police are on the scene,’ a statement from Metro Nashville Public Schools said.
‘The person responsible for shooting is no longer a threat. We will be gathering students in the auditorium and will provide information on reunification as soon as possible.
Terrifying video footage shot inside the cafeteria of Antioch High School in Tennessee where a student shot two others before turning the gun on himself
Metro Nashville Police are pictured outside the school following Wednesday’s shooting
Buses will be transporting students to 3754 Murfreesboro Pk where their anxious parents have been instructed to meet them
‘This is an active crime scene and investigation. We will work with the MNPD to provide further updates as they become available.’
Chante Frye, whose daughter is in ninth grade at the school, says she got a text from the youngster to say she’d been locked down inside her classroom.
‘But it’s almost not surprising because it’s getting worse with the fights and the violence at school,’ Frye told The Tennessean.
Local lawmaker John Ray Clemmons, whose district includes the school, called the shooting an ‘unspeakable tragedy.’
The Metro Nashville Police Department said that the incident is under investigation.
Antioch High School caters to around 2,000 students in grades nine through twelve.
Buses will be transporting students to 3754 Murfreesboro Pk where their parents have been instructed to meet them.
Parents needing information regarding reunification can call 615-401-1712.
