This article is from the source 'independent' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/florida-school-shooting-latest-fatalities-dead-suspect-former-student-arrested-a8211381.html

The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 0 Version 1
Florida school shooting: Suspect in deadly incident identified as former student, says sheriff Florida school shooting: Suspect named as former student Nicolas Cruz, according to reports
(35 minutes later)
The suspect in a Florida school shooting was a former student, the sheriff said. Authorities have identified the suspect in a Florida school shooting as Nicolas Cruz, a former student, according to multiple reports.
“I don't know why he left, I don't know when he left,” Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters, but “he was not a current student”. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters Mr Cruz had been enrolled at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but no longer was.
The unidentified gunmen opened fire both from outside and within the school, Mr Israel said. “I don't know why he left, I don't know when he left,” Mr Israel said, but “he was not a current student”.
The sheriff's office has identified at least 14 casualties and taken the suspect into custody. At least 14 casualties have been identified so far after Mr Cruz opened fire from both within and outside the school.
A former teacher told the Miami Herald that he believed the former student was already on the school's radar. He was arrested “without incident” somewhere off campus about an hour after the shooting, Mr Israel said.
A former teacher told the Miami Herald that he believed the Mr Cruz was already on the school's radar.
“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” math teacher Jim Gard told the Herald. “There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” math teacher Jim Gard told the Herald. “There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”
But Broward County Public Schools superintendent Robert Runcie told reporters there were no red flags giving authorities a reason to be on guard.
“We didn’t have any warnings,“ Mr Runcie said. ”There weren’t any phone calls or threats that were made“.
More follows...More follows...