Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was taken into custody off-campus, according to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.
At least 17 killed and 20 Injured when a former student opened Fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida today on Wednesday 14 Feb. 2018
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
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Rescuing injured students at the shooting site in campus |
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| Students evacuated from the campus |
VietPress USA (Feb. 14, 2018): The following is combined sources of news from CBS, AP and Yahoo News on the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, today on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 while American people celebrate the Happy Valentine's Day.
A shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., 50 miles north of Miami. It has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students.
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| Nikolas Cruz, 19 year old, Shooter |
Seventeen (17) people were killed and multiple people were injured when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, prompting a massive police response and manhunt as frightened students hid in their classrooms.
"It's catastrophic, there really are no words," Sheriff Scott Israel said.
12 killed in the campus, 2 killed outside, 1 killed on the street and 2 dead at the hospital, accoding to the Police's report.
The shooting began around 2 p.m. at the large school complex located in Broward County in southern Florida, according to Sheriff Scott Israel.
CBS News has confirmed that the suspect has been identified as Nikolaus Cruz, 19, a former student A law enforcement source briefed on the shooting said the suspect appears to have pulled the school fire alarm, causing chaos, and then started shooting, reports CBS News news senior investigative producer Pat Milton.
According to the Miami Herald, law enforcement officials identified suspect full name is Nicolas de Jesus Cruz as the shooter. Cruz, 19, is a former student who one teacher said was not allowed on campus with a backpack. From the Herald:
“We were told last year that he wasn’t allowed on campus with a backpack on him,” said math teacher Jim Gard, who said the former student suspected in the shootings had been in his class last year. “There were problems with him last year threatening students, and I guess he was asked to leave campus.”
Gard says he believes the school administration had sent out an email warning teachers that the student had made threats against other in the past and that he should not be allowed on the campus with a backpack. Another student interviewed on the scene by Channel 7 said the student had guns at home".
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| Parents wait for news after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach) |
The suspect, who had "at one time" attended the school but was no longer enrolled, was taken into custody without incident off campus, Israel said. He didn't know why the suspect left the school.
A male that fit the description of the suspect was seen being taken into custody, CBS News' Jeff Pegues reports. He was later transported to the hospital and seen being wheeled into the facility on a gurney.
Some of the current students told authorities they knew the suspect, Milton reports. Student Brandon Minoff, speaking with CBSN, said he had had classes with the suspected shooter. Minoff described the suspect as a "strange kid."
Another student told CBS News about the suspect, "The kid was crazy. I had engineering with him a couple years ago and he wasn't allowed to come to school with a backpack and he would threaten students and break glass and get into fights so he got kicked out of school."
Police appear to take a man into custody outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida,
on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. ( WFOR-TV)
Broward County Schools superintendent Robert Runcie said there were numerous fatalities, but couldn't confirm the number. He called it a "horrific situation."
"It's just a heartbreaking tragedy," Runcie said.
Runcie said the shooter entered the school during dismissal. Israel said the shooter was outside and inside the school at various times. Runcie said there was no warning or threats made before the incident.
Cruz was injured and taken from the school by ambulance to a hospital nearby.
Ambulances converged on the scene as emergency workers appeared to be treating wounded people on the sidewalks.
Television footage showed police in olive fatigues, with weapons drawn, entering the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, then dozens of children frantically running and walking quickly out. A police officer waved the students on, urging them to quickly evacuate the school.
Some students exited the building in single-file rows with hands raised overhead to show they carried no weapons. Others held onto other students as they made their way out past helmeted police in camouflage with weapons drawn.
Emergency medical personnel pulled stretchers from the backs of ambulances as police cars surrounded the parking lot. At least one person was seen being wheeled to the ambulance on a gurney.
Noah Parness, a 17-year-old junior, said the fire alarm went off for the second time of the day about 2:30 p.m. He said he and the other students calmly went outside to their fire drill areas when he suddenly heard several pops. The shooter uses an AR-15 automatic gun and many magazines.
"Everyone was kind of just standing there calm, and then we saw a bunch of teachers running down the stairway, and then everybody shifted and broke into a sprint," Parness said. "I hopped a fence."
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| Suspect Nicolas de Jesus Cruz arrested and has been custodied by Police |
Student Jeiella Dodoo described a chaotic scene as students fled. She said she hurt her toe while jumping a fence. She heard from a friend that people were being loaded into ambulances.
Medical personnel tend to a victim following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo: John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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