NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New court documents reveal a violent online cult may have influenced a deadly school shooting at Antioch High School earlier this year.
The 17-year-old shooter, Solomon Henderson, reportedly claimed to act on behalf of a group called the ‘Maniac Murder Cult.’
“Today you see someone, it’s a young person, he is troubled, and he finds something online; maybe it’s on the dark web, and there is some kind of hate speech, or there is something where all of the sudden he is able to relate to that,” said retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum. “It doesn’t happen all that often, but look what happens when it does.”
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Henderson left an audio message before the shooting, naming ‘Commander Butcher’ as his inspiration. That name, officials say, belongs to 21-year-old Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national who federal prosecutors believe is the alleged leader of the online extremist group…