A look back at MNPS’s first school shooting at J.T. Moore Elementary in 1994

The fear and the trauma of the Antioch High School shooting can only be described as a nightmare. But as MNPS’s Director of Schools Adrienne Battle pointed out, this isn’t the fire time the district has had a wake-up moment.

“As a middle school student at J.T. Moore, I experienced the pain of losing a classmate to gun violence,” said Battle, during a news conference Wednesday.

In 1994, the scene was chaotic outside of J.T. Moore Middle in West Nashville. Students were watching “Beauty and the Beast” in music class, when a student started playing with a gun he brought to school. He accidentally pulled the trigger, killing Terrance Murray, 13…

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