"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.
The technology system meant to prevent school shootings failed to detect the Antioch High School shooter's gun, an official confirms.
The tragic shooting at Antioch High School has sparked concerns over the effectiveness of its AI-based weapons detection system, Omnilert.
The position of the camera and the shooter led to an AI-powered weapon detection system failing to pick up on a student's gun.
The suspected shooter who killed one student at a high school in Nashville on Tuesday has been identified as Solomon Henderson, 17.
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
Following a deadly shooting at Antioch High School, the big questions on everyone’s mind is how this could have happened and what security measures were put in place that could have prevented the student from getting a gun into the building.
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 social media account connected to the Nashville high school shooting suspect may have been in contact with the suspected Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter's social media account, according to law enforcement sources.
Police are on the scene at Antioch High School near Nashville after shots were fired in the building on Wednesday.
A female student has died and another student was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning at Antioch High School in Nashville, a police spokesman said. The male shooter killed himself.
MNPD investigated additional threats to area schools on Thursday and will monitor each location closely out of caution.