ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WZTV) — One student is dead and the teen shooter is dead after he opened fire inside Antioch High School Wednesday, authorities confirm. Metro Nashville Police Department's (MNPD) Don Aaron says the shooter is identified as Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old male student at the high school. He died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Tuesday's goal, according to the students leading the rally, was to create a space where mental health was prioritized with grief counseling and community building activities.

A 17-year-old boy armed with a pistol, identified by authorities as Solomon Henderson, fired several shots in the cafeteria. A female student, 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed and a boy was grazed on his arm. Henderson then shot himself in the head and was fatally wounded.

After a deadly shooting rocked the community and halted classes at Antioch High School for nearly a week, the return of students Tuesday started and ended the same way — with protest.

Police say a shooting at a Nashville high school has left one student dead and another woulded. Metro Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron said during a news conference that the 17-year-old gunman later shot and killed himself with a handgun.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tuesday was supposed to be the first day Antioch High School students returned to class after two students were shot and killed in the cafeteria. The day before students were set to return, some shared that most of them were not actually going to go to class.

Gunfire erupted just after 11 a.m. Wednesday at Antioch High School – about 45 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville – when 17-year-old Solomon Henderson “confronted” the victim before firing

Police said the suspected shooter sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the school district said Antioch High School is on lockdown.

A Tennessee state lawmaker reintroduced a bill for the 2025 legislature that would allow public charter schools to hire honorable discharged veterans and retired law enforcement officers to serve as SROs, pushing for closing the gap.

Bus drivers, including Mary Polk, were called in to line up and shuttle students to the reunification center. They then came back to the school and took the remaining students home on their normal routes.

Metro Public School leaders are trying to reassure the public after the Antioch High School shooting, but it exposed inadequate safety.