Nashville school shooter's manifesto reveals he was inspired by Hitler and Candace Owens

The Nashville school shooter allegedly wrote that his warped ideology was inspired by Candace Owens before he opened fire on two classmates and turned the gun on himself.

Solomon Henderson, 17, fatally shot Josselin Corea Escalante, 16, and injured another student before taking his own life during the rampage at Antioch High School.

The horror inside the school cafeteria unfolded at around 11am Wednesday and was partially streamed online.

Now it has emerged that police are probing a sprawling manifesto allegedly penned by Henderson, which gives some insight into the killer's twisted mindset.

Much of the writings center on Henderson being 'ashamed to be black' and praise the work of Hitler and the Nazis.

Under one section headed, 'Is there a particular groups or people that radicalized you the most?', political commentator Owens is name-checked alongside far-right influencer Nick Fuentes.

'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 question,' the manifesto reads.  

Owens is a right-wing commentator who has been accused of downplaying the Holocaust and was previously denied a visa to enter Australia over her comments about Muslims, Jews and her 'capacity to invite discord'. 

Moments before Henderson struck he posted chilling warnings about his plans, writing 'today is a good day to die'.

'I thought someone had found out when I got called to the office but it was just probation officer,' Henderson wrote on his BlueSky account. 'We're good everything will be going scheduled.'

The final entries into the manifesto came on November 18 - the same day the Metro Nashville Police Department received a call indicating there was a school shooting at Antioch High School, which they later determined was a hoax, according to News Channel 5. 

'I was so miserable. I wanted to kill myself. I just couldn't take anymore. I am a worthless subhuman, a living, breathing disgrace,' the gunman allegedly wrote.

'All my [in real life] friends outgrew me, act like they didn't f***ing know me. Becoming me was so f***ing humiliating. That's why I spend all day dissociating.'

Much of the rest of the document, which was said to be linked to a social media account linked to Henderson, deals with his struggle with race and racial issues.

Photos have also surfaced showing the teen making a Nazi salute. 

The manifesto also details his thoughts on Antioch High School, just outside of Nashville, which has a majority of black and Hispanic students.

'School is a daycare,' he wrote. 'It's impossible for you to actually think. You say things because other people have said it before, then go repeat ad nauseum somewhere else.

'In school, we're taught to wake up early, shut up, sit for long periods of hours, do tasks you hate, then repeat.'

The manifesto includes pictures of the weapons he intended to use in the slaying and said he had been advised on how to carry out the attack by others online.

The writings also cite Kanye West and state that the gunman prepared for the shooting by playing violent video games and parroted parts of other famous killers' manifestos.

Henderson was among the two people killed during the shocking rampage yesterday.

A  17-year-old student who was injured was taken to Vanderbilt University Hospital with a graze wound to the arm but was in a stable condition.

A fourth boy was treated after he sustained an injury to the face during the commotion, but police confirmed he had not been shot.

Survivors recalled the terrifying moment Henderson burst into the cafeteria and began spraying bullets.

A 12th grade student recalled how he initially thought the noises were someone popping a chip bag before the horrifying realization hit him that it was an active shooter. 

'It was just a rush, it made me want to do something crazy I was trying to run out there and help people, but my mind was so cluttered, I didn't know what to do,' he told WZTV.

 'There was a lot of screaming, a lot of terror. People were scared to die, there was running like someone was chasing them, like he was a monster just killing people.

'I feel relieved and safe but I feel bad for the victims who lost their lives,' he added.

'Homicide Unit detectives along with their law enforcement partners in the MNPD and federal/state agencies are examining very concerning on-line writings and social media posts connected to 17-year-old Solomon Henderson as they work to establish the motive behind Henderson’s gunfire,' Metro Nashville Police Department said in a statement.