The Nashville school shooter who k!lled a teenage girl before turning the gun on himself has been identified as 17-year-old Solomon Henderson.
He allegedly left a dark trail of hateful online postings and appeared to be a “self-loathing incel,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Solomon Henderson expressed a wide array of troubling views in a purported manifesto and on social media before gunning down 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante at Antioch High School on Wednesday, Jan. 22, ADL representative Carla Hill told The Post Wednesday night.
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“What happens on the incel forums … is that people of colour are told the only reason they’re incels is because of their colour and so it pushes them toward other extreme ideology that he apparently took on,” Hill said.
“He picked up antisemitism, he posted a lot of anti-black content because of that … internalized racism,” said Hill, who is senior director of investigative research at the organization.
Metro Nashville police said Wednesday night that investigators were probing “very concerning online writings and social media posts” as they attempt to determine a motive behind the attack that was partially streamed online.
Josselin Corea Escalante was f@tally shot inside the cafeteria of the school and another student was injured after being grazed in the arm.
Henderson then f@tally shot himself.
Alleged online writings reviewed by outlets included Henderson stating that he “was ashamed to be black,” WTVF reported.
Other materials tied to Henderson obtained included a layout of Antioch High School, photos of handguns and cartridges to load the weapon.
Henderson also posted antisemitic writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group, WTVF reported.
“I was so miserable. I wanted to k!ll myself,” he also allegedly wrote at one point.
“I just couldn’t take anymore. I am a worthless subhuman, a living breathing disgrace. All my (in real life) friends outgrew me act like they didn’t f–king know me. Being me was so f–king humiliating. That’s why I spend all day dissociating.”
He also had a photo of the Covenant School shooter who k!lled three children and three staffers in 2023 before also k!lling herself.
Purported writings made by Henderson included statements against “race-mixing” with a desire to “take revenge” on society. Henderson also had statements praising Adolf Hitler and jarring photos from past school shootings.
The ADL Center on Extremism reviewed the purported manifesto and social media posts from the shooter, as well as a forum he allegedly participated in that promoted white supremacy and accelerationism, which is the desire to see a hastening to the collapse of modern society, according to the civil rights organization.
“He’s in an incel forum that’s telling him he’s an incel because he’s black, no one wants you because you’re black,” Hill, of the ADL, said of one online space.
Henderson was also part of a g0re forum where mass k!llers of all ideologies are often celebrated, including the recent Madison, Wisconsin shooter, according to the ADL.
The shooter partially livestreamed the shooting on the online platform Kick, according to the company.
Watch a video of the aftermath of the shooting below.
Tragedy at Antioch High School, Nashville, TN: A heartbreaking shooting in the school cafeteria left 2 dead, including 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, and 2 injured. pic.twitter.com/9AMp7jwnob
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