Overview

• Published Aug. 21, the ADL timeline finds both teens created WatchPeopleDie accounts within days of each other and carried out attacks roughly 18–19 months later before killing themselves.
• Researchers say the pair interacted online in the run-up to the shootings, with Natalie Rupnow following Solomon Henderson and Henderson later praising her as a “saintress” and posting a TikTok celebrating her attack.
• The report and court filings detail links to accelerationist propaganda and groups, including Terrorgram and Maniac Murder Cult, with prosecutors asserting the latter’s leader encouraged violence tied to multiple killings and noting Henderson’s claimed affiliation.
• ADL analysts describe WatchPeopleDie as an entry point where extremist manifestos and mass-murder videos are readily available, and note the site’s donation model and offshore hosting complicate removal and enforcement.
• Alongside sharing the findings with school leaders, ongoing fallout includes a wrongful-death suit against Nashville’s school district, charges against Rupnow’s father who moved on Aug. 18 to dismiss them, and the arrest of online contact Damien Allen in Florida.