"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.

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

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.

Students and parents described a scene of chaos, confusion and terror during a deadly shooting at Antioch High School.

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.

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.

Law enforcement officials seeking a motive for a shooting at Nashville’s Antioch High School on Wednesday morning are examining alarming social media posts and writings tied to a teenager police say shot and killed a 16-year-old girl.

I graduated from Antioch High School. It's a great school in a great community. The hate it receives, especially after the tragic shooting, must stop.

An artificial intelligence-powered weapon detection system failed to pick up the handgun a 17-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, student used in a school shooting Wednesday that killed a 16-year-old girl,