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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 12, 2025

The Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Board unanimously approved a $300,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante who was fatally shot by another student at Antioch High School earlier this year, The Tennessean reports. The settlement covers all attorneys fees. The family filed the suit in July against Metro Nashville and MNPS, seeking $700,000 in damages. The suit argued that the district should have known the shooter posed a danger to students and failed to prevent the violence, and that it was negligent in operation of its security system for not detecting the shooter’s firearm. MNPS Board Chair Freda Player said the district has partnered with the Metro Nashville Police Department to increase the presence of school resource officers at Antioch High and to add safety measures districtwide.