"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.
Following Wednesday's deadly shooting inside Antioch High School, questions have been raised over security measures taken inside Metro Nashville Public Schools.
The technology system meant to prevent school shootings failed to detect the Antioch High School shooter's gun, an official confirms.
Following a deadly shooting at Antioch High School, the big questions on everyone’s mind is how this could have happened and what security measures were put in place that could have prevented the student from getting a gun into the building.
The suspected shooter who killed one student at a high school in Nashville on Tuesday has been identified as Solomon Henderson, 17.
A female student has died and another student was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning at Antioch High School in Nashville, a police spokesman said. The male shooter killed himself.
Nashville police and schools are monitoring social media discussion and concerns Thursday as people speculate if additional schools could be targeted after a 17-year-old student opened fire Wednesday at Antioch High School, killing himself and a 16-year-old girl while injuring another, officials said.
Police are on the scene at Antioch High School near Nashville after shots were fired in the building on Wednesday.
The tragic shooting at Antioch High School has sparked concerns over the effectiveness of its AI-based weapons detection system, Omnilert.
WSMV4 Investigates learned that police were not notified by the Omnilert system as it failed to detect the weapon used in the cafeteria.
Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a Nashville high school cafeteria.
A social media account connected to the Nashville high school shooting suspect may have been in contact with the suspected Wisconsin school shooter's account.