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Lawsuit: AI gun detection system failed during Antioch High shooting.Lawsuit: AI gun detection system failed during Antioch High shooting ANTIOCH, Tenn.(WZTV) — A student injured in the deadly shooting at Antioch High School is suing the company behind the school’s AI-powered gun detection system, claiming the technology failed to detect the shooter’s weapon despite being marketed as a tool that could stop violence before shots were fired.The lawsuit, filed May 1 in Davidson County Circuit Court, was brought by Antonyous Henin, who was wounded during the Jan.22, 2025, shooting inside the school cafeteria.One student, Josselin Corea Escalante, was killed in the attack.Henin’s lawsuit targets Omnilert, the Virginia-based company that created the artificial intelligence gun detection system installed at the school, along with System Integrations, Inc., the Tennessee company that installed and maintained the system.The complaint alleges the technology was sold to schools as a “life-saving” tool capable of detecting firearms “before a shot is fired,” but failed to recognize the shooter’s handgun inside Antioch High School.According to the lawsuit, Metro Nashville Public Schools paid more than $1 million for the gun detection system under a contract that began in 2023.The lawsuit claims the system was operational on the day of the shooting but did not alert school officials before the gunfire began.After the shooting, an MNPS spokesperson said the shooter was not close enough to the cameras for the system to get an “accurate read” and trigger an alert.The complaint also cites public comments from Omnilert CEO Dave Fraser, who acknowledged after the shooting that the system “does not work perfectly all the time.” WATCH | Antioch High School student recounts harrowing school shooting experience Attorneys for Henin argue Omnilert failed to adequately disclose limitations involving camera placement, visibility, lighting, and distance from the weapon to the camera system.The lawsuit alleges those limitations made the technology unreliable in large spaces such as school cafeterias.The lawsuit further claims Omnilert later changed language on its website following the Antioch shooting, removing phrases including “unparalleled reliability” and “saves lives” while adding disclosures about false alerts.Attorneys argue those revisions amount to an acknowledgment the company’s earlier marketing claims were misleading.Henin’s attorneys accuse Omnilert of product liability, negligent misrepresentation, and violating Tennessee consumer protection laws.The lawsuit also accuses System Integrations of negligence, alleging the company may have improperly configured or positioned cameras at the school.The complaint points to additional incidents involving the same detection technology, including false alarms at Maryland schools where harmless objects were allegedly mistaken for firearms.The lawsuit argues the AI system failed in “both directions” by missing an actual firearm at Antioch High School while also generating false positives elsewhere.Henin is seeking compensatory damages, attorney’s fees, and treble damages under Tennessee consumer protection law.The lawsuit represents one of the first major legal challenges tied to AI-powered gun detection technology used in American schools and could raise broader questions about how security companies market artificial intelligence systems intended to prevent school shootings.FOX 17 News has reached out to Omnilert for comment and have yet to hear back.You can read the full lawsuit below.