January 23, 2025 | AP, News Channel 5

ISD’s Jared Holt speaks with multiple outlets on the radicalization of the Antioch High School shooter

Jared Holt, Senior Research Analyst at ISD-US, spoke to the Associated Press and Nashville’s News Channel 5 about the radicalization of the perpatrator responsible for the shooting at Antioch High.  In conversation with the outlets, Jared unpacked how the shooter’s manifest revealed ties to accelerationism and included copied content from other mass shooters.  

“These are communities that encourage not only mass murder and genocidal fantasies but also destruction of things like critical infrastructure — any sort of action that would cause mass devastation or suffering,” he explained.  

You can read the full articles on News Channel 5 and the Associated Press.