A student at Antioch High School in Tennessee said he saw people “being shot on the ground” as he and his classmates raced for the exits of the building during a deadly attack there yesterday. spoke.
As investigators look into the motive for the attack, testimony is emerging that describes a chaotic scene inside a Nashville school on Wednesday. Police say the 17-year-old student shooter posted “deeply disturbing” notes online, killing Joselyn Coria-Escalante, 16, and injuring another student before turning himself in. He pointed the gun at him.
“We were in the cafeteria for lunch, like we do every day, and gunshots kept ringing out in front of the cafeteria, and then we looked around and saw people screaming. We ran behind a dumpster. ” said one student. told WSMV. I looked back at the moment when the gunshot rang out.
“I saw people shot and bleeding on the ground,” he added, describing how he and his friends crouched down and ran to a side door to escape the cafeteria.
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Jordan Hebert leaves flowers at the memorial for the victims of the Antioch High School shooting on Thursday, January 23, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP/George Walker IV)
in Another interview with WZTV, The student said the gunman was “a monster who just killed people.”
“Everyone got separated. There were a lot of students outside and a lot of students were inside. He wasn't the kind of kid you would think would do something like that. He stayed on task and did his job. And it was quiet,” another student told WMSV. “So I really wondered what was going on in his head. Just having a conversation could have been the end of it all, and it just wasn't going to happen. I thought so.”
An Antioch student told WKRN News 2 She said she and the alleged gunman “were together in ROTC this year and he was always at the top of his class.”
“I knew him personally. He was in my class, but I didn't think he was that kind of person. I just thought he was kind and quiet. That wasn’t the case,” said another.
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The Nashville Metro Police Department responded to a shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday. (X/ @MNPDNashville)
Joselyn Coria Escalante's father Identified by WTVF As a German Korean, “I told her every day how much I loved her,” he told the station.
“That's not fair,” he reportedly added.
Escalante's aunt, Maria Coria, also told WTVF: “She was a very gentle girl and well-behaved.”
Dasia Preites prays as she waits for her daughter at Unification Hall after Wednesday's shooting at Antioch High School. (AP/George Walker IV)
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“She did well in school. She was a girl who loved her parents and everyone in her family,” Corea added.
