Nashville school shooter left behind 47-page manifesto detailing hate: report

Solomon Henderson, the 17-year-old school shooter who opened fire inside Nashville, Tennessee’s Antioch High School late Wednesday morning, killing 16-year-old student Josselin Corea Escalante before fatally shooting himself, reportedly left behind a manifesto detailing his thoughts leading up to the attack.

In the final entry dated November 18, the manifesto reportedly stated, "I was so miserable. I wanted to kill myself. 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*cking know me. Being me was so f*cking humiliating. That's why I spend all day dissociating," according to News Channel 5.

In one of the first sentences, Henderson allegedly wrote that he was "ashamed to be black," and included anti-Semitic writings as well as a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, a Neo-Nazi group. The Daily Mail reported that the manifesto was 47 pages long.

Henderson allegedly wrote that he was inspired by Nick Fuentes and conservative commentator Candance Owens, writing, "Candace Owens has influenced me above all each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question," the Nashville Banner reported.

Henderson reportedly livestreamed at least part of the shooting. In a statement, streaming platform Kick said "On January 22, an attack occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, and was partially livestreamed. We extend our thoughts to everyone impacted by this event. KICK rapidly banned the account and removed the video. Violence has no place on KICK. We are actively working with law enforcement and taking all appropriate steps to support their investigation."

Henderson also allegedly wrote in the document, "School is a daycare. It's just impossible for you to actually think. You say things because other people have said it before then go repeat ad nauseum somewhere else. In school, we're taught to wake up early, shut up, sit for long periods of hours do tasks you hate then repeat."

Henderson allegedly wrote about "how he felt about the school in disparaging terms about race," News Channel 5 reported, with the high school having a majority of Hispanic and black students in attendance.

Just after 11 am on Wednesday, Henderson entered the school cafeteria with a pistol and began shooting, killing Corea Escalante and grazing another male student. Another student was injured after trying to escape the scene. In a Wednesday afternoon press conference, MNPD Chief John Drake said authorities are working to determine a possible motive, adding, "There are some materials on the internet that we're looking at that's under the investigation."

According to ABC News, the manifesto "detailed the individual’s apparent far-right politics, shaped by fringe online forums," a detailed analysis conducted by SITE Intelligence stated. SITE added, "Henderson was highly in fringe online communities, including several known neo-Nazi venues. Across these sites and his writings, Henderson expressed admiration for far-right and incel mass shooters."

Henderson may have been in contact with Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow, the student who carried out the Abundant Life Christian School attack in December, ABC11 reported. Henderson also allegedly detailed "his admiration" of mass shooters Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch, New Zealand shooter, as well as the suspect in a 2022 Slovakian gay bar shooting.