Details emerge about Antioch HS shooter’s ‘very concerning’ writings [Video]

Online writings linked to the gunman at Nashville, Tennessee’s Antioch High School include racist and antisemitic content, photos of a handgun and praise for mass murderers, a report says. 

Investigators at the local, state and federal levels are combing through the writings as they try to figure out why a 17-year-old opened fire inside his Nashville-area high school Wednesday, killing Joseelin Corea Escalante, 16, and wounding a 17-year-old boy before taking his own life from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

“Homicide Unit detectives along with their law enforcement partners in the MNPD and federal/state agencies are examining very concerning online writings and social media posts connected to [the teen] as they work to establish the motive behind [the teen]’s gunfire this morning in Antioch High School’s cafeteria,” the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said. 

“The investigation to this point has not established a connection between [the teen] and the two shooting victims. It may be that they were struck by his random gunfire in the cafeteria,” …