A deadly school shooting has rocked a Tennessee community. On Wednesday, 17-year-old Solomon Henderson shot and killed 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante and injured another student. The gunman then turned the gun on himself.
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Following the tragedy, her family is devastated and heartbroken and in complete shock. Her father barely had any words to say about the tragedy. But what he did say was heartwrenching and completely devastating as a parent.
"Every day I told her how much I loved her," German Corea told NewsChannel5. "It's not fair." Indeed, it's not fair that a 16-year-old got cut down in the prime of her youth. School shootings like these leave just dispair and hopelessness in their wake.
Family Speaks Out About Deadly School Shooting
Josselin was just 16. She had her whole life ahead of her. The teen played soccer in her free time. She did good in school. Josselin was a good sister to her siblings and a good daughter. Her life held so much promise, so much potential for the years ahead. The school shooter didn't just strike down her life, he robbed her. He robbed her of all the years that she had — college, kids, traveling, triumphs, mistakes. He robbed her of graduating high school and all those hopes and dreams she aspired to be.
That's what was taken in the school shooting. That is what is taken every time there is one of these tragedies. Her aunt Maria Corea also shared her memories of the teen.
"Oh God. She was my girl," she told me. "She was a very calm girl. And well-behaved. She had good grades in school. She was a girl who loved her parents and all her family."
Following the tragedy, the family wants more security at school. They want to ensure that other students don't suffer the same fate. 17-year-old Solomon Henderson live-streamed his attack at the school.
Police are investigating the teen's motives for the deadly school shooting.
"There are some materials on the Internet that we're looking at, that's under investigation," Chief John Drake said of the school shooting, according to The Tennessean. "We believe there's some materials out there, and maybe they were seen,' he continued, adding that if someone 'said something, maybe more could have been done."
