
Solomon Henderson, 17, who killed himself and a 16-year-old girl at Antioch High School in Nashville, described himself in an online manifesto as a “Groyper incel” and credited several internet personalities, mostly far-right influencers, with radicalizing him.
In his writings Henderson wrote he was ashamed to be Black. He was anti-Semitic and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Investigators found a 300-page document connected to the apparent Antioch High School shooter featuring alt-right paraphernalia sandwiched between statements against “race mixing,” wishes to “take revenge” on society, statements praising Adolf Hitler and pages of explicit photos from previous school shootings, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said. — The Tennessean
The manifesto focused on support for neo-Nazi ideals, which he described as “a better, neater, cleaner world by eliminating all undesirables.” He added, “We must aid the Aryans regardless of our race.”
Among the extremist influencers Henderson listed was Candace Owens, a former Nashville resident, who espoused increasingly anti-Semitic views.
Henderson wrote: “To expand on this, Candace Owens has influenced me above all. Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish questions.”
Henderson also said he was influenced by Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier who dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
Other extremists he listed included Kanye West and Ethan Ralph, a far-right podcaster, who was at the center of a misogynist culture war against women in gaming and other male-dominated activities.
Henderson also paid tribute to several white supremacist mass shooters, including those who targeted Hispanics and Muslims in El Paso and Christchurch, New Zealand.