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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Feb 4, 2025

Metro Nashville Police say there have been 12 arrests of middle and high school students in Metro Nashville Schools since the shooting at Antioch High School on Jan. 22. Eleven of the arrests were related to making threats against schools while the 12th involved a student bringing a gun on school property, the Tennessean reports. In July of last year, a new law took effect making it a felony to make these kinds of threats. That followed a 2023 law requiring public schools to expel students for one year if they make a threat of mass violence. Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway tells WKRN News, “For me, the most concerning part is these youth just don’t understand the gravity and the severity of what they’re doing. They don’t understand how it emotionally affects everybody in our community."