"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.

A teenager opened fire at Antioch High School Wednesday killing a student and leaving a mourning community that has already seen two mass shooting incidents in recent years.

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.

As the news unfolded of a deadly shooting in the cafeteria at Antioch High School on Wednesday morning, one student witness gave her account.

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.

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.

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

Critics of the bill said the idea sounds good until something like the tragedy at Antioch High School or even The Covenant School takes place.

Police say the gun used in the Nashville school shooting was purchased in Arizona as detectives piece together why the high school student fatally shot a classmate before killing himself

Metro Police reveal new details on what happened before and during the deadly shooting at Antioch High School. FOX 17 News sits down with a student witness.