At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida, police have said.
It is one of the deadliest school shootings since 26 people were killed at a Connecticut school in 2012.
(BBC)
It is one of the deadliest school shootings since 26 people were killed at a Connecticut school in 2012.
(BBC)
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The gunman was arrested later outside, some distance from the school in an adjacent community. CNN, citing law enforcement sources, said the gunman tried to blend in with students who were fleeing the school but was spotted and taken into custody.
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As a high school freshman, Cruz was part of the US military-sponsored Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp program at the school, according to Jillian Davis, 19, a recent graduate and former fellow JROTC member at Stoneman Douglas High.
In an interview with Reuters, Davis recalled his “strange talking sometimes about knives and guns,” adding, “no one ever took him seriously.”