Antioch High School Shooter's Court Records Released

The Antioch High School gunman had been on probation for previous violent behaviors at the time of the Jan. 22 fatal shooting at the school, according to juvenile court records recently released to the public.

The teen had signed probation paperwork the morning of the shooting, prohibiting him from possessing guns, ammunition and other weapons. 

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The juvenile court records recently became publicly available due to bipartisan legislation passed in the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year. The new law allows courts to unseal records of a juvenile who is dead after committing homicide on school grounds.

The records show that 17-year-old Solomon Henderson threatened another student with a box cutter in October 2024. He was charged with carrying a weapon on school property and reckless endangerment. Following the incident, Henderson was required to stay away from the student he threatened, and his mother reported that he would be homeschooled under her supervision. 

On Jan. 8 — two weeks before Henderson killed 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante and then himself — the Davidson County Juvenile Court had ordered him to judicial diversion, a program that allows juvenile offenders to have certain charges dismissed if they successfully complete probation. 

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Henderson’s records also show that, in 2023, he was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual exploitation of a minor for downloading child pornography and posting it to Discord. Following the incident, Henderson was released and ordered to not have access to social media, internet, cellphones or computers. 

The January shooting at Antioch High occurred just after 11 a.m., when Henderson fired multiple shots in the school cafeteria, injuring two students and killing Escalante and himself. 

Safety measures have been heightened at Antioch High since the shooting. Earlier this year, Metro Nashville Public Schools approved the $1.25 million expansion of an AI-powered weapon detection system in all area high schools. The weapon detection system at Antioch High School failed to detect the gun involved in the shooting. 

This article was first published by our sister publication, the Nashville Post.