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At least 15 dead in Florida school shooting
By AFP/REUTERS
Published: February 15, 2018
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Students are evacuated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during a shooting incident in Parkland, Florida. PHOTO: REUTERS

PARKLAND: At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in a shooting rampage at a Florida high school apparently carried out by a former student, US media reported.

ABC News, citing two unnamed law enforcement officers at the scene, put the death toll at 15, while CNN, also citing unnamed law enforcement sources, said 16 people had been killed.

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The attack took place shortly before dismissal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami, sending hundreds of panicked students fleeing into the streets while dozens of police and emergency services personnel swarmed the area.

“There are numerous fatalities. It’s a horrific situation,” Broward Country Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie told reporters. He said the school district had gotten no warning of a potential shooter and that there was no evidence of more than one shooter.

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The gunman, about 18 years old, surrendered to police quietly, said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.



Students hid in classrooms until they were rescued by police in tactical gear, friends and family members said. McKenzie Hartley, 19, who identified herself as the sister of a student at the school described the scene in a text message to Reuters: “She heard him shooting through the windows of classrooms and two students were shot.”

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Panicked parents checked on their children. “It is just absolutely horrifying. I can’t believe this is happening,” Lissette Rozenblat, whose daughter goes to the school, told CNN.

Her daughter called her to say she was safe but the student also told her mother she heard the cries of a person who was shot. “She was very nervous. She said that she could hear the person who was shot crying out for help,” she told CNN.

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“My daughter is safe and I am very grateful.” Live television showed dozens of students, weaving their way between law enforcement officers with heavy weapons and helmets, and large numbers of emergency vehicles including police cars, ambulances and fire trucks.

The shooting was the latest in a deadly series of attacks at US schools. A 15-year-old gunman in January killed two students at a Benton, Kentucky, high school.

The school had recently held a meeting to discuss what to do in such an attack, Ryan Gott, a 15-year-old freshman told CNN.

“My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting,” US President Donald Trump said on Twitter. “No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.”

Israel, the sheriff, struggled to describe the scene: “It’s catastrophic. There really are no words.”
 
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RIP , @KAL-EL man this is really concerning , how so many shooting happening in Schools and High school ..best is to ban guns altogether ..

Currently watching news coverage.

The kid according to Senator Ben Nelson of Florida (currently being interviewed) worse a gas mask, set off smoke grenades, and then the fire alarm to get the kids pouring out of the classrooms.

Regardless of how I feel about gun control, all guns will never permanently be banned here. and that's all I'll currently say about that issue at the moment. At least in this thread.
 
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Currently watching news coverage.

The kid according to Senator Ben Nelson of Florida (currently being interviewed) worse a gas mask, set off smoke grenades, and then the fire alarm to get the kids pouring out of the classrooms.

Regardless of how I feel about gun control, all guns will never permanently be banned here. and that's all I'll currently say about that issue at the moment. At least in this thread.

Any idea what is the current number of kids died ? and any news on shooter is he got caught yet or still on large ?
 
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Any idea what is the current number of kids died ? and any news on shooter is he got caught yet or still on large ?

17 dead. Not sure if all 17 were students.

Shooter is in custody.

Shooter tried to blend in with students leaving school to try and get away that way.
 
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17 dead. Not sure if all 17 were students.

Shooter is in custody.

:( that is a very high number , any word on what motivates the murderer ? was it just some hate crime or something else ?
 
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RIP , @KAL-EL man this is really concerning , how so many shooting happening in Schools and High school ..best is to ban guns altogether ..
If the schools can just regulate bullying and make a notice of kids with mental health issues there won't be any need of banning guns.
 
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Only news related to motive I've seen is shooter was previously expelled from school.

could be possible reason for losing his mind ..

If the schools can just regulate bullying and make a notice of kids with mental health issues there won't be any need of banning guns.

I think Automatic guns should be banned , there is no needs for Civilians to keep Automatic Rifles .. I saw those Doomsday preper's , got ton load of Guns and Ammo, anyone of them lose their mind and you have a disaster at your hands .. In America sadly the Gun lobby is very strong .
 
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If the schools can just regulate bullying and make a notice of kids with mental health issues there won't be any need of banning guns.
and also if parents can control what the kids are watching...all the horror movies desensitise them.
 
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Hypocrites will call it random act because Muslims did not do it



A tormented experiece for victims but that is the price we all pay in today's violent society and war and killing on media 9 to 5


Not calling it Terrorism ......u r in denial mode
 
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