The 17-year-old Nashville school shooter killed a teenage girl before turning the gun on himself and left a dark trail of hateful online posts, according to the Anti-Defamation League. , who looked like a “self-hating incel.”
Teenage gunman Solomon Henderson expressed a wide range of alarming views in a purported manifesto and on social media before fatally shooting 16-year-old Joselyn Coria-Escalante at Antioch High School on Wednesday, ADL representatives say. 's Carla Hill told The Post on Wednesday night.
“What's happening on incel forums…is that people of color are told that the only reason they're incels is because of the color of their skin, and that that pushes them towards another extreme ideology that he seemed to embrace. That's true,” Hill said.
“He took up anti-Semitism and posted a lot of anti-Black content because of it…It's internalized racism,” said Hill, the group's senior director of research.
Metro Nashville police said Wednesday night they had identified “very concerning online writings and social media posts” as investigators try to uncover the motive behind the attack, which was partially streamed online. They announced that they are investigating.
Escalante was shot and killed inside the school cafeteria, and another student was also grazed in the arm.
Henderson then shot himself before a confrontation with police.
Online posts reportedly reviewed by news outlets included one in which Henderson said he was “ashamed to be black.” WTVF reported.
Other materials related to Henderson obtained by the department included the layout of Antioch High School and photos of a handgun and the cartridges used to load the weapon.
Henderson also posted anti-Semitic texts and fliers from the Goyim Defense League, a neo-Nazi white supremacist group, WTVF reported.
“I was so miserable. I wanted to commit suicide,” he is said to have written at one point.
“I couldn't take it anymore. I'm a worthless subhuman and I live with shame. All my friends (in real life) are bigger than me and it's like they don't even know me. It was humiliating to be me. That's why I spend all day dissociating.”
He also had a photo of the Covenant school shooter who killed three children and three staff members in 2023 and then committed suicide.
Post allegedly reported by tennessean It also included a statement against “racial mixing” aimed at “revenge” on society. According to the newspaper, Mr. Henderson also made comments praising Adolf Hitler and also posted disturbing photos of past school shootings.
The ADL Center on Extremism has documented the shooter's alleged manifestos, social media posts, and forums he allegedly participated in promoting white supremacy and accelerationism that hopes to hasten the collapse of modern society. He said he investigated. Civil rights organizations.
“He's on an incel forum and he's saying because you're black you're an incel, because you're black no one needs you,” ADL's Hill said of one online space.
The ADL said Henderson also participated in the Gore Forum, where mass murderers of all ideologies, such as the recent Madison, Wisconsin, mass murderer, are often praised.
The gunman livestreamed part of the shooting on the online platform Kick, the company said.
“Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by this event,” Kick said. I wrote it to X.
“There is no place for violence at Kick. We are actively cooperating with law enforcement and are taking all appropriate steps to assist in the investigation.”
