"Based on the location of the shooter and the position of the weapon, it did not activate the system," a district official told the USA TODAY Network.

Antioch High School is located in Nashville's Antioch neighborhood, approximately 17 miles southeast of Downtown Nashville.

Students at Antioch High School are opening up about the scenes of panic that unfolded inside the building during the shooting; a victim's family is speaking out.

A student shot at least two other students Wednesday at Antioch High School outside Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The shooter then shot himself, according to police. The conditions of the students wasn't immediately known.

Law enforcement surrounded the last known address of the Antioch High School shooter Wednesday, removing boxes of material from the residence.

One student is dead and another is wounded after a third student opened fire with a pistol Wednesday at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, police said. The 17-year-old shooter then shot himself and died, according to police.

Two people were shot before the shooter turned the gun on themselves at Antioch High School in, Wednesday, according to officials.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria Wednesday left a female student dead and another student wounded, nearly two years after another deadly school shooting in the city that ignited an emotional debate about gun control in Tennessee.

Law enforcement officials seeking a motive for a shooting at Nashville’s Antioch High School on Wednesday morning are examining alarming social media posts and writings tied to a teenager police say shot and killed a 16-year-old girl.

Nashville police said teen fired 10 shots from a nine-millimeter pistol 17 seconds after entering the cafeteria at Antioch High Wednesday.

I graduated from Antioch High School. It's a great school in a great community. The hate it receives, especially after the tragic shooting, must stop.