"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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria Wednesday left a female student dead and another student wounded, nearly two years after another deadly school shooting in the city that ignited an emotional debate about gun control in Tennessee.

Police said the suspect fatally shot himself after killing a 16-year-old and wounding a 17-year-old at Antioch High School.

Police said a male student shot two people at the high school on Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself.

A teenager opened fire at Antioch High School Wednesday killing a student and leaving a mourning community that has already seen two mass shooting incidents in recent years.

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.

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

As the news unfolded of a deadly shooting in the cafeteria at Antioch High School on Wednesday morning, one student witness gave her account.

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.

Two people were shot before the shooter turned the gun on themselves at Antioch High School in, Wednesday, according to officials.