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| Florida school shooting suspect in custody amid 'numerous fatalities' | |
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| ‘At least 14 victims’ taken to a local hospital and medical center | |
| ‘It’s a horrific situation. It’s just a horrible day for us.’ | |
| Florida shooting – live updates | |
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| Richard Luscombe in Miami | |
| Wed 14 Feb 2018 20.30 GMT | Wed 14 Feb 2018 20.30 GMT |
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| Police arrested a suspected gunman who opened fire in a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving at least 14 victims whose condition remained unknown late Wednesday afternoon. | |
| After initial reports of a shooter, officers surrounded the campus, directing the evacuation of hundreds of students from the scene, while other teens hid inside a closet and under desks to stay safe. Students later told reporters that they at first thought alarms in the school were a fire drill, until they heard gunshots in the hallways. | |
| As first reports emerged, deputies of the Broward County sheriff’s department said that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was on a “code red” lockdown. The department said there were “at least 14 victims” being taken to a local hospital and medical center, although it was not clear from the statement whether any of them were fatally injured. | |
| One female student interviewed by CNN described seeing some bodies, including one of a friend’s teacher, as she was led to safety by police officers. School teacher Melissa Falkowski also told CNN that she hid with 19 children in a closet for more than 40 minutes as the shooting unfolded. | |
| At 4.11pm, over an hour after the sheriff’s office warned the public that the shooter was “still at large,” the department tweeted: “shooter is now in custody. Scene is still active.” | |
| A few minutes earlier, helicopter footage showed seven officers putting handcuffs on a man in a dark burgundy shirt. They placed the man inside a police cruiser. | |
| Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters that the suspect was around 18 years old and was not a current student, but “there was a time where he did attend the school.” | |
| “I don’t know why he left,” Israel said. He added that officers arrested the suspect “without incident” somewhere off campus. | |
| “This is a terrible day for Parkland, Broward County, the state of Florida and the United States. My very own triplets went to that school,” Israel said. “It’s just catastrophic, there are no words.” | |
| Robert Runcie, Broward County’s superintendent of schools, said he believes there were fatalities. “I can’t confirm the number at this point but there are fatalities involved here,” he said, addressing media at the scene. “There are numerous fatalities. It’s a horrific situation. It’s just a horrible day for us.” | |
| He added that he did not yet know the name of the suspect, but that investigators believe he acted alone. “We have no evidence there’s been more than one shooter,” he said. | |
| “It’s a day you pray every day we will never have to see,” Runcie said. “It is in front of us and I ask the community for their prayers and support for these children and their families. We’re going to do whatever we can as a community to pull through this, and we will.” | |
| Disturbing video acquired by CBS News from a student’s cellphone showed a scene of terror inside a classroom after the gunman opened fire. On the video gunshots can be heard in the halls, answered by children screaming in their classroom, huddled on the floor away from windows. | |
| During the manhunt for the suspect, Coral Springs police urged friends and families: “if you are in touch with your student you ask that they remain calm and barricaded until police come to their room, this is for everyone’s safety.” | |
| Helicopter footage of the scene showed children fleeing the building with their hands up and dragging backpacks behind them, toward lines of police, armored vehicles, ambulances and paramedics. | |
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