Antioch, a growing and diverse area of Nashville, has endured other prominent shootings in recent years. A 2017 fatal shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ killed one woman and wounded seven people. And in 2018, a shooter killed four people at a Waffle House.

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

Nashville city leaders, local clergy, advocates for gun reform and Antioch High School teacher respond to school shooting at vigil, other responses.