Nashville High School Shooter’s Manifesto Says Candace Owens “Influenced” Him

TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains extreme, hateful language.

Nashville’s Antioch High School shooter allegedly wrote in his manifesto that Candace Owens inspired his actions.

New information has been revealed regarding the alleged gunman on Wednesday (Jan. 22), with News Channel 5 Nashville reporting that the Metro Nashville Police Department have identified the shooter as Solomon Henderson.

The 17-year-old Black student is accused of shooting and killing Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, and injuring other students before committing suicide in the school’s cafeteria. Henderson’s manifesto showcases the gear he used in the attack, including a handgun, a lock pick, and a blueprint of the school’s layout.

Solomon gushed about Owens’ right-wing concepts and conspiracy theories in the writings, asserting that “Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke.” However, the political commentator wasn’t the only one named on his list of “people who radicalized [him] the most.” Solomon also listed content creators and pundits including Ethan Ralph, Nick Fuentes, Turkey Tom, Ruben Sim, Mr. Beast, Hasan Parker, CobsonTalks, iDubbz, Wayne Lambright, Destiny, and Kanye West—whom he solely credited for teaching him “violence and extremism.“

“To expand on this,” Henderson wrote after listing his group of influences. “I was stunned by [Candace Owens’] insights and her own views. [Owens] helped further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question along Turkey Tom and Ruben Sim pushing me to the alt-right pipeline.”

Solomon Henderson also swore off his Blackness in the manifesto, declaring that he “was ashamed to be Black,” while devoting himself to Hitler’s cause of pushing the Aryan race. Feelings of disillusionment and fear littered the literary sketches, with multiple references to suicide or extreme violence against himself, women, Hispanics, and Black people.

“I was so miserable. I wanted to kill myself. I just couldn’t take anymore. I am a worthless subhuman, a living breathing disgrace. All my (in real life) friends outgrew me act like they didn’t f**king know me. Being me was so f**king humiliating. That’s why I spend all day dissociating,” he writes.

“School is a daycare,” he added. “It’s just impossible for you to actually think. You say things because other people have said it before then go repeat ad nauseum somewhere else. In school, we’re taught to wake up early, shut up, sit for long periods of hours do tasks you hate then repeat.”

VIBE sends our condolences to the victims and families impacted by this senseless tragedy.

VIBE also reached out to Candace Owens and her team for a comment, but has yet to hear back from them.