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First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.

Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

February 8, 2025

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Tennessee authorities were alerted to Solomon Henderson’s threatening and violent behavior long before he brought a gun to Antioch High School. It’s unclear how many red flags were heeded.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, ProPublica, school shooting, shooting

Tennessee passes sweeping immigration law to support Trump’s mass deportations

Marianna Bacallao

January 30, 2025

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Gov. Bill Lee wants to create a new state division to enforce immigration laws, mirroring a push from President Donald Trump to expel migrants.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Antioch, Antioch High School, Bill Lee, Gabby Salinas, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school shooting, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Gardenhire

What we know about the Antioch High School shooting

WPLN Staff

January 24, 2025

Nashville is reeling after the shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday. Metro Nashville police are investigating the attack.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, school shooting, shooting

Josselin Corea Escalante, a ‘bright and compassionate young woman,’ dreamed of being a doctor

Caroline Eggers

January 23, 2025

The 16-year-old was a daughter, sister and niece. She played soccer and hoped to one day become a doctor. She lost her life on Wednesday after a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, obituary, school shooting

Your Turn to Talk: Antioch High School shooting and gun violence

Katherine Ceicys

January 23, 2025

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Yesterday, a 17-year-old Antioch High School student shot two other students and then himself. The assailant and one of the other students died. Another was treated at an area hospital and has been released. This is the second time in two years that there’s been a fatal school shooting in Nashville.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Antioch High School, school shooting

2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Nashville high school

WPLN Staff

January 22, 2025

Antioch High School will be closed for the rest of the week, with Metro Schools providing resources, meals and grief counseling at the Southeast Community Center.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch High School, Metro Schools, school shooting

NashVillager Podcast: The limits of an infamous person’s manifesto

Nina Cardona

September 19, 2024

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Why should (or shouldn’t) a manifesto become public? Plus the local news for September 19, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, school shooting

Tennessee limits access to child autopsy reports following push by Covenant families

Rose Gilbert

April 26, 2024

A bill that would remove the autopsies of children who are victims of violent crime from the public record has passed the state legislature. Only the child’s legal guardians or, in some cases, a court order would allow them to be released.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, child welfare, Covenant School, school shooting, special session, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, tnleg, tnpol

One year since the Covenant shooting, here’s how private school security has changed in Tennessee

Alexis Marshall

March 24, 2024

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While the legislature hasn’t passed major gun reform, it did approve millions in state funds for security, including dedicated funds for private schools.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Covenant School, gun reform, gun violence, school shooting

‘Traumatizing’: Two Nashville teens share what happens when schools receive fake threats

Alexis Marshall

October 13, 2023

Since the start of this semester, Metro Nashville Public Schools have received 15 threats of violence, according to police.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Nashville Public Schools, school shooting

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