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 say a female student has been fatally shot in a Nashville high school cafeteria. Nashville Police spokesperson Don Aaron says the 17-year-old shooter wounded another student Wednesday at Antioch High School before turning the gun on himself.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The shooter killed one student, Aaron said. He then turned the gun on himself and died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.