At least 2 students injured in shooting at Nashville high school, police say

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — 

At slightest 2 students were wounded by gunfire astatine a Nashville precocious schoolhouse Wednesday but the concern has been contained, constabulary said.

Metro Nashville Police spokesperson April Weatherly could not instantly picture the conditions of those who were changeable astatine Antioch High School, which has astir 2,000 students and is located successful a vicinity of Nashville astir 16 kilometers southeast of downtown.

The shooter is believed to person changeable 2 students earlier shooting themself, according to Weatherly, who could not instantly accidental if the shooter was a student.

School officials are asking parents not to spell to the precocious schoolhouse to prime up their children. They were asked to spell to a adjacent infirmary instead. Students volition beryllium bused determination arsenic they are released from the schoolhouse by police.

The FBI successful Nashville referred questions to the Metro Nashville Police Department, which is starring the investigation, spokesperson Elizabeth Clement-Webb said successful an email. She said Nashville constabulary had not asked for the FBI's assistance successful the probe arsenic of aboriginal Wednesday afternoon.

In March 2023, a shooter killed 3 9-year-olds and 3 adults astatine a backstage Christian simple schoolhouse successful the city, The Covenant School.