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17 Killed in Florida High School Shooting, Suspect is Former Student Who Was Expelled

Toby Lambert, February 14, 2018

Seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a Florida high school, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel announced Wednesday.

The shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland around dismissal time, and the shooter is in custody, Israel said.

Israel said the victims included both students and adults. The suspect, identified by Israel as Nikolas Cruz, 19, is in custody. Israel said he is a former student of the school who got expelled for disciplinary reasons.

The suspect used an AR-15 style weapon, Israel says, adding he had “countless magazines.”

He said 12 people were killed within the school building, two people were killed just outside the building, one person was killed on a nearby street corner and two people died in the hospital.

He added that two people are currently undergoing surgery.

Israel said officials have begun to “dissect” social media sites related to the shooter, and that “some of the things are very disturbing.”

The suspect sustained injuries that were “nothing significant,” Israel said.

Israel said the community was enduring “a horrific, horrific day.’

According to an unidentified student who spoke with WSVN, the school had a fire drill earlier in the day, and when the shooting occurred, people thought it was another drill.

“We already had a drill today so we thought it was just another drill,” the student said. He added, “We heard a pop and then from the other side of the school, we saw the whole school running out.”

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Lissette Rozenblatt, 49, a mom whose daughter is a sophomore at the school, tells PEOPLE, “She kept texting me and she kept saying she was fine and she was hiding. She told me to please call the police because somebody was hurt, and she kept hearing that person crying out for help.”

Caesar Figueroa, whose daughter attends the school, told CNN, “She says she heard 10 shots, a window blew and everybody started screaming and running.”

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Parkland is a Fort Lauderdale suburb of about 30,000 people. The school has an enrollment of 3,208, according to the Broward County Public Schools website.

Florida Senator Bill Nelson told CNN, “It’s a bad day for Florida and for the country.”

Nelson added, “How many of these have we had? Are we coming to expect these mass shootings to be a routine kind of matters and after every one we say enough is enough? And then it continues to happen.”

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. 

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