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| What we know so far about the Florida school shooting | What we know so far about the Florida school shooting |
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| Here is what we now know about the events that unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday. | Here is what we now know about the events that unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday. |
| Seventeen people – children and adults – were killed when a gunman entered the high school on Wednesday afternoon and launched an attack. Twelve people were found dead inside the school, two were killed outside the building, one in the street, and two died later in hospital from their injuries. | Seventeen people – children and adults – were killed when a gunman entered the high school on Wednesday afternoon and launched an attack. Twelve people were found dead inside the school, two were killed outside the building, one in the street, and two died later in hospital from their injuries. |
| Seven people remain in critical condition, and five were released on Thursday. | Seven people remain in critical condition, and five were released on Thursday. |
| The suspect was named by police as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. He was arrested in the nearby city of Coral Springs, and charged with 17 counts of murder on Thursday morning. | The suspect was named by police as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. He was arrested in the nearby city of Coral Springs, and charged with 17 counts of murder on Thursday morning. |
| The killer was armed with an AR-15 rifle and “multiple magazines”, police said. He bought the gun legally. | The killer was armed with an AR-15 rifle and “multiple magazines”, police said. He bought the gun legally. |
| Cruz was formerly a student at Douglas, expelled for disciplinary reasons last year. A teacher at the school said staff had been warned not to let him back on campus. The suspect had reportedly been receiving treatment for mental health issues. The FBI said it was alerted to a YouTube post made under his name last September, claiming “I’m going to be a professional school shooter,” but that after “database reviews, checks, was unable to actually identify the person who made the comment”. Police said he had made “disturbing” posts on social media. | Cruz was formerly a student at Douglas, expelled for disciplinary reasons last year. A teacher at the school said staff had been warned not to let him back on campus. The suspect had reportedly been receiving treatment for mental health issues. The FBI said it was alerted to a YouTube post made under his name last September, claiming “I’m going to be a professional school shooter,” but that after “database reviews, checks, was unable to actually identify the person who made the comment”. Police said he had made “disturbing” posts on social media. |
| All the victims have been identified, but none of their names officially released. Sheriff Scott Israel said a football coach and an athletics director were among those killed, and the parents of a student named her on Facebook. | All the victims have been identified, but none of their names officially released. Sheriff Scott Israel said a football coach and an athletics director were among those killed, and the parents of a student named her on Facebook. |
| Students who had been at school with Cruz said many classmates had predicted he could “do something” to harm them and that he had previously brought guns to school. | Students who had been at school with Cruz said many classmates had predicted he could “do something” to harm them and that he had previously brought guns to school. |
| Teacher Melissa Falkowski said drills for a code red (active shooter) situation had been well rehearsed: | Teacher Melissa Falkowski said drills for a code red (active shooter) situation had been well rehearsed: |
| We could not have been more prepared for this situation … we have trained for this, we have trained the kids for what to do … We did everything that we were supposed to do. | We could not have been more prepared for this situation … we have trained for this, we have trained the kids for what to do … We did everything that we were supposed to do. |
| I feel today like our government, our country, has failed us and failed our kids and didn’t keep us safe. | I feel today like our government, our country, has failed us and failed our kids and didn’t keep us safe. |
| Distressing messages from children in lockdown inside the school to their parents show the terror as teachers barricaded their students into classrooms and closets to evade the gunman. | Distressing messages from children in lockdown inside the school to their parents show the terror as teachers barricaded their students into classrooms and closets to evade the gunman. |
| The tragedy appears to be the eighth deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. It is also one of at least eight US school shootings so far in 2018 that have caused injury or death. | The tragedy appears to be the eighth deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. It is also one of at least eight US school shootings so far in 2018 that have caused injury or death. |
| Florida governor Rick Scott vowed new measures on access to guns for people with a history of mental illness. “The violence has to stop. we cannot lose another child in this country to violence in a school,” he said. | Florida governor Rick Scott vowed new measures on access to guns for people with a history of mental illness. “The violence has to stop. we cannot lose another child in this country to violence in a school,” he said. |
| Broward school superintendent Robert Runcie called for “a real conversation on sensible gun control laws”, adding “our students are asking for that conversation. I hope we can get it done in this generation, but if we don’t, they will.” | Broward school superintendent Robert Runcie called for “a real conversation on sensible gun control laws”, adding “our students are asking for that conversation. I hope we can get it done in this generation, but if we don’t, they will.” |
| President Donald Trump addressed the nation but did not mention guns, instead saying that the “scene of terrible violence, hatred and evil” should be cause to “tackle the difficult question of mental health”. | President Donald Trump addressed the nation but did not mention guns, instead saying that the “scene of terrible violence, hatred and evil” should be cause to “tackle the difficult question of mental health”. |
| Earlier on Thursday, he appeared to tweet blame on the community for not flagging the suspect to enough authorities: “Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!” | Earlier on Thursday, he appeared to tweet blame on the community for not flagging the suspect to enough authorities: “Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!” |
| Chris Murphy, senator for Connecticut – site of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, in which 26 children and adults were killed – said: | Chris Murphy, senator for Connecticut – site of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, in which 26 children and adults were killed – said: |
| This happens nowhere else other than the United States of America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting. | This happens nowhere else other than the United States of America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting. |
| It only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible. | It only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible. |
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