A female student has died and another was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning at Antioch High School in Nashville, a police spokesman said. The male shooter killed himself.

A 17-year-old armed with a pistol fired multiple shots in a school cafeteria at 11:09 a.m., Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said at a news conference.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center confirmed one female has died in the shooting, Aaron said. A female with what is being described as a graze wound to the arm is in stable condition at Vanderbilt and a male with a facial injury was also wounded but not shot, he said.

“Antioch High School is on a lockdown due to shots being fired inside the school building. Metro Police are on the scene. The person responsible for shooting is no longer a threat,” the school district said in a statement shortly after the shooting. “We will be gathering students in the auditorium and will provide information on reunification as soon as possible.”

Antioch High School is home to approximately 2,000 students in grades 9 through 12, according to its website. The school is located Nashville’s Antioch neighborhood, about 10 miles southeast of downtown.

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