"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 shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, claimed the life of 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante and wounded another student.
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 17-year-old student who opened fire in the cafeteria at Antioch High School on Wednesday morning, killing a 16-year-old girl and wounding a 17-year-old boy, reportedly evaded the school's AI weapo
The city of Nashville is grieving the loss of Josselin Corea Escalante, a 16-year-old high school student who was fatally shot at Antioch
Following Wednesday's deadly shooting inside Antioch High School, questions have been raised over security measures taken inside Metro Nashville Public Schools.
An AI gun detection system installed in a Nashville, Tennessee high school couldn’t spot the gun a 17-year-old used to fatally shoot another student and himself earlier this week, according to district officials.
The technology system meant to prevent school shootings failed to detect the Antioch High School shooter's gun, an official confirms.
The suspected shooter who killed one student at a high school in Nashville on Tuesday has been identified as Solomon Henderson, 17.
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 district official said the system failed to detect the shooter's handgun because of where cameras were in the school.
A new report revealed that an artificial intelligence system used by Antioch High School to detect weapons allegedly failed to identify Solomon Henderson's gun before he went on a murderous rampage