The Tennessee Star on Thursday obtained a diary and manifesto purportedly left by Antioch High School killer Solomon Henderson, the 17-year-old who police say fatally shot one 16-year-old student and injured two more at his Nashville, Tennessee high school on Wednesday.
Law enforcement previously acknowledged that documents were posted online by Henderson prior to his attack, but have not authenticated the materials obtained by The Star. A request for Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to release their copies of the documents was not returned prior to press time.
The two documents obtained by The Star include both a 51-page “manifesto” and a 288-page “diary,” both containing photographs that appear to depict Henderson, as well as antisemitic and racist rants, with the latter primarily targeting black people. Solomon was black.
“This book is dedicated to the death of all the N***** enemies. Death to Israel,” the author wrote in an opening rant of the manifesto. “This book is dedicated to killing everyone I hate.”
The author later wrote, “Death to Palestine,” before eventually continuing, “Death to ALL Semitic people groups. This book is dedicated to killing the lesser races and taking their women.”
While the author wrote early in the manifesto that he was motivated by “world dominance” by black people, later the author denied being a black supremacist, writing, “I would be if n****** weren’t so f****** retarded and can work on something together. Total n***** death.”
A racial motive was again offered later on the same page of the manifesto.
The author questioned, “What motivated you to commit these acts of violence?” The answer, according to the manifesto, was, “Misanthropy but only for very specific groups and races. Hatred of n******.”
Throughout the 51-page manifesto, the author used the slur to describe blacks 100 times, and another slur to describe Jewish people at least nine times. The manifesto also referenced capitalism, as well as the antisemitic claim that the United States is a “Zionist occupied government (ZOG),” when the author offered what could be a motive.
“I consider the capitalism that we live in and end of agrarianism and the reliance on technology inevitably leads to theses [sic] kinds of oppressive systems that exist. We live under how and whoever that is currently in control of it is merely riding at the crest of this technology paradigm shift and is not really in control of it so if there is a small group of people who seem to be at the peak,” wrote the author.
The manifesto also describes obtaining a pistol for the attack, writing, “No matter what Joe Biden tells you, handguns have killed more people than AR-15s ever will.” It also claims the author obtained a set of tools to break into locked classrooms, and included an aerial layout of Antioch High School.
It also claims the author was motivated by several prominent political pundits from both sides of the political aisle, including some who are accused of espousing antisemitic views.
The author also wrote extensively about their internet history, including apparent references to the messaging application Discord, which has been repeatedly linked to those threatening mass killings, as well as child abusers.
Also referenced are other manifestos and killers, including the 802-page manifesto left by former UCLA professor Matthew Harris, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2022. The manifesto also referenced Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 during a 2019 attack committed at a mosque in New Zealand.
While both MNPD and Metro Nashville Public Schools have yet to address reports claiming Antioch High School was previously equipped with metal detectors that have since been removed, police confirmed yesterday that two School Resource Officers (SROs) were present at the school during the shooting.
However, neither officer was near the cafeteria where the attack took place, and both arrived at the scene after Solomon took his own life.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photos appear in the manifesto and diary allegedly composed by Henderson.
He was a messed up kid. Needed intervention & maybe God.
I suppose a calm debate was out of the question,….
A product of the liberal mind-set. And this from a previous article on the Tennessee Star:
…..having metal detectors, and even having school resource officers at public schools, is racist because, for whatever reason, African American people tend to be disproportionately affected by metal detectors picking up prohibited items and by school resource officers making arrests on campus,” Pappert explained.
just like traffic stops, more people of color are ticketed for traffic violations, so traffic laws must be racist. When is this liberal socialist crap going to come to an end.
It would be great if the shooter’s family could sue these websites that put this evil in his mind.
It would even be better is the shooter`s family had raised him a little better.