What This Story Is About
- A former JFK Middle School teacher says three teachers working there were threatened by Solomon Henderson years before he carried out the shooting at Antioch High School.
Why It Matters
- Samira Hardcastle alleges the district failed to act on warning signs and disciplinary red flags before the shooting, which killed student Josselin Escalante.
- Metro Schools says it cannot comment on student discipline due to federal privacy laws, leaving the teacher’s claims about district-level failures unaddressed.
For Context
- Disciplinary files previously uncovered by WSMV4 Investigates showed Henderson had threatened a student with a box cutter and was suspended but later allowed back in school.
Catch Up
- The shooting at Antioch High School happened in January 2025, when Solomon Henderson killed student Josselin Escalante before killing himself.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A former teacher at JFK Middle School says three teachers still working there were threatened by Solomon Henderson when he was a student, four years before he carried out the shooting at Antioch High School in January 2025.
Samira Hardcastle taught math and art for four years in Metro Nashville Public Schools. She said Henderson was a student at JFK Middle School the year she started working there. Hardcastle said she did not have him as a student personally, but some of her peers did.
“They’re not addressing when the professional teachers say, you know, there’s a behavior problem. There’s a red flag with this child,” Hardcastle said…