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Florida school shooting: Suspect named as former student Nicolas Cruz, according to reports | |
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Authorities have identified the suspect in a Florida school shooting as Nicolas Cruz, a former student, according to multiple reports. | |
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters Mr Cruz had been enrolled at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but no longer was. | |
“I don't know why he left, I don't know when he left,” Mr Israel said, but “he was not a current student”. | |
At least 14 casualties have been identified so far after Mr Cruz opened fire from both within and outside the school. | |
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.” | |
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“. | |
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