Nashville, TN – On Jan. 22, 2024, Solomon Henderson posted on his Bluesky social media account: “Today seems like a good day to die.” 

Content Advisory: Descriptions of bigoted language, violence, child abuse and self-harm. See our Far-Right Investigations Desk for more stories and context.

Later that day, the 17-year-old student at Antioch High School in Tennessee shot and killed a 16-year-old girl and grazed another with a bullet before turning the gun on himself. Local law enforcement have confirmed that he shot 10 rounds from a 9 millimeter pistol that was legally purchased in Arizona in 2022. The gun was not reported as stolen although it remains unclear who purchased it.

Prior to his attack, Henderson posted a 51-page manifesto and 288-page diary online. The publications list the names of individuals and extreme far-right communities as well as some more well-known political commentators. Some of the photos and memes are may be just pieces that he picked up in these online chat rooms because he liked the messaging — not necessarily because he was formally involved in their organizations. And parts of his manifesto have been lifted from previous shooters’ manifestos. The parts that are wholly original, however, give clear insight into some of his influences. 

Taken as a whole, it seems that Henderson was seduced into accelerationism — a doomer-ist belief that there are no political solutions and that democracy will never bring about needed changes in society. Most right-wing accelerationists want a white ethnostate, and some advocate sabotage of critical systems like the electrical grid. This racist outlook may seem shockingly counterintuitive given that Henderson is Black, but it merely highlights how many teens are being seduced into misanthropic and genocidal ideologies.

Both his manifesto and diary publications indicate that he had a macabre reverence for Cvlt 764, known for spreading gore and child sexual abuse media, and the neo-nazi group MKU, also known as MKY or ‘Maniacs Murder Cult.’ Although MKU originated in Ukraine and Russia, it has members all over the world. 

Cvlt 764 has also operated globally but was birthed in the United States. The group’s members — who organize on Telegram, Discord and other semi-dark spaces on the web — are largely driven by clout gained through committing acts of violence. Members compete for notoriety by participating in brickings (an act in which the member throws bricks at objects or through windows), arson, stabbings and murder — most of which are racially motivated. They also enjoy coaxing their victims into acts of self-mutilation.

To date, multiple Cvlt 764 members are serving time for child exploitation and possessing illegal guns. At just 17 years old, founder Bradley Cadenhead was sentenced to 80 years for possession of child porn. According prosecutors at the Erath County District Attorney’s office in Texas, “the defendant possessed images of young children not only being sexually abused, but also choked, beaten, suffocated and grievously injured,” and he “used these images to coerce others into mutilating themselves, including carving his screen name into their bodies, and harming animals.” Member Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore received 30 years for possession of child pornography. Member Angel Almeida is facing a minimum sentence of 15 years on illegal gun charges and child exploitation. Founder ‘Rohan’ is currently serving time in France. Member Nino Luciano was sentenced to 11 years in Romania for murder.

The two groups once unified on Telegram under the umbrella of ‘No Lives Matter,’ a nihilistic movement that preaches “killing the mundane.” The alliance pushed propaganda videos that glorified assaults, stabbings and more. They released a kill guide last September that implored readers to go on manhunts and engage in other forms of terrorism.

Henderson titled a section of his manifesto ‘No Lives Matter’, which was filled with statements of nihilism and self loathing. “I’m ashamed to be black. I feel like shit being n*****. For anyone who wants to use calling me a coon, sellout, ‘Whitewash’, Uncle Tom/Ruckus, blah, blah, fuck off… seems like I can never hear black people doing anything positive anymore. n*****s have to ruin shit. n*****s have to do what n*****s do best.”

On December 12, forty days before the Antioch shooting, Henderson posted a ‘No Lives Matter’ meme in his diary at 9:29 a.m. with a caption that appears to reference former Black UCLA lecturer Matthew Harris. Harris emailed an 800 page manifesto to coworkers before engaging in a three-hour standoff with police in January of 2022. A self described incel (part of the ‘involuntarily celibate’ subculture), he had threatened multiple women prior to the incident. Henderson’s caption includes some deeply anti-Black language in regards to Harris’ failure to actually commit a shooting.

Midway through the manifesto, Henderson lists the names of school shooters and domestic terrorists that he has admiration for. On that list is Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and New Zealand Mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant. The first name on the list, however, is Nino Luciano. 

Luciano, who goes by the moniker Tobbz, is a member of Cvlt 764. On April 12, 2022 he slit the throat of a woman in a voice chat streamed in one of the Cvlt rooms. (A viewer shouted, “Show me! Show me!” as the woman cried on the ground.) Earlier that day he shoved an old man down a flight of stairs and wrote MKY on the man’s door in blood. Luciano later told Romanian police that he committed these actions for his initiation into a neo-nazi organization. 

Luciano, who was 17 at the time, lived in Romania although he was German, sent there as a foster kid participating in an exchange program for troubled teens. He has tattoos of a swastika and 764 on his arm, and after his rampage he stated in a Telegram chat, “I feel like God. I can decide who lives and who dies.”

On Nov. 8, 2024 Henderson wrote in his diary about Luciano’s murder: 

“I want to do a stabbing like Tobbz but at huge risk of being caught and receiving a low high score.” In the culture of mass shooters, receiving a low high score means having a low body count. And why risk death or imprisonment for a low high score? Yet, despite this concern he went on to laud Luciano’s actions: “Tobbz won Total old fart death The favorite parts in Saint Luciano video were ‘n***a give me second’ before putting out knife and 2nd in extended video his chudcord buddy says ‘lick lick off the blood’ Tobbz replies ‘no ni*** I don’t wanna get HIV or some shit.’”

Solomon Henderson (all typos are as written in the diary)

Henderson is paraphrasing an exchange that happened in the live voice chat as Luciano fumbled for his blade before slicing his victim’s throat. (The term “chudcord” is a marriage of the words “chud” and the chat app Discord. “Chuds” are right-wing extremists.)

Henderson continued, “dude such a Wigger he used just in VC listen n***** music on Spotify alone public voice call waiting for someone to join.” The last sentence indicates that Henderson spent enough time in the Cvlt rooms to know that Tobbz regularly started voice chats waiting for other members to join. 

Henderson also brought Luciano up in a section of the manifesto focused on attack planning. He claims that accelerationists should practice on “soft targets” — like journalists, antifascists, and judges — before moving onto bigger ones like a federal building. “These are operations carried out with the sole purpose of showing others how attacks can be conducted through unconventional means such as Stephen Balliet,Nathaniel Veltman,Nino Luciano.H/Tobbz.”

In the same section, he also derides MKU member Michail Chkhikvishvili, who was recently arrested in New York, for “biting off more than he can chew.”

Chkhikvishvili, who goes by the name Commander Butcher, was caught by the FBI planning a terror attack in Brooklyn in which MKU recruits would dress up as Santa and hand out poisoned candy to racial minorities. His plan was thwarted since one of his recruits was an undercover FBI agent.

Henderson discussed the FBI’s recent crackdown on 764 and what lessons can be learned. “Do not post threats, do not post homicidal or suicidal thought, do not mention targeting minorities or elude [sic] to any violent crime publicly. Within the next few months some of you who went [sic] very careful may get visits, it will happen. (Yes even threats on telegram/Discord the feds can now request data easier due to sexual abuse in Korea or 746whatever) [sic]” 

Another MKU member that Henderson brings up repeatedly is Yegor Krasnov, who is one of the founders. Krasnov has a long history of violence and is a native of Donetsk — an area of Ukraine long inhabited by pro-Russian separatists that has been a magnet for neo-nazis and right-wing extremists.

In February of 2022, Krasnov was arrested for stabbing a stranger multiple times. After the incident he posted on the Russian social media site VK, “The celebration of death and violence is near! Cleansing is coming!!” In December of 2021, he was arrested again, this time in Russia, as part of a larger raid on MKU. 

On December 14, 2024, Henderson posted multiple photos of Krasnov captioned “I love this show.”

On December 19 at 6:46 p.m., Henderson posted in his diary, “My sister has discord it’s over. I have to commit the attack. she’s 100% gonna get groomed.” This post likely references his knowledge of the sextortion chats or ‘coms’ surrounding 764 that are prolific on Discord. The groups are known for luring young girls into their servers from Roblox, Snapchat and Instagram where they groom them to create pornographic content. That content is then used to further extort more content. (See our report last March for more on 764.)

Henderson’s manifesto is linked to a now-defunct Bluesky profile, which he claims to be his. It is full of MKU and 764 references starting with the handle: “victim of MKU” and gives us a further glimpse into his final days.

Two days before the shooting Henderson posted, “The amount nuked I’ve gotten on zitter is crazy. Hopefully this last until zero day. God that such cringe codename. Oh well.” Under the post is another picture of MKU founder Yegor Krasnov. It seems he decided to use Bluesky instead of X (‘zitter’), since X kept banning his accounts. He mentions in his diary that one was banned for violating their rules against “perpetrators of violent attacks.”

Nineteen hours prior to the attack he posted a photo montage called the “Safe edgy starter pack.” Starter parks are groups of accounts that a Bluesky user can recommend to their followers. The montage contains multiple references to 764 including a photo of Angel Almeida, the notorious 764 member that was also a part of o9a, or Order of Nine Angles. Order of Nine Angles is a Satanic neo-nazi organization that focuses on ‘left hand path’ magical practices. In other words, Satanic isn’t defined as a Biblical horned devil but rather an occultist archetype. Almeida, who went by the moniker Duck, was arrested in November of 2021 and is awaiting sentencing on child exploitation charges. 

Although Henderson posts several o9a memes in his manifesto he also states that he “never did that shit” and calls it “gay and larpy” because “it only scares your 1980s boomer Christians.”

The day before his attack he posted a ‘No Lives Matter’ meme that read “Kick Natural Selection Up a Notch.”

His final remarks in his manifesto read: “I take great pride in the fact that the people before and after me will commit similar acts. Not only in the USA, but all over the world. I hope you all enjoyed the broadcast :)” He then proceeded to livestream his school shooting on Kik.

Editor’s Note: Earlier this month security reporter Brian Krebs linked one of the young “DOGE” technologists working under Elon Musk on sensitive federal technical systems to the ‘coms’ chat networks.

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• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: Find a 24-hour crisis centre.
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