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Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Part of school shootings in the United States
Pine Island Road entrance to Stoneman Douglas High School, in 2008
Stoneman Douglas High School is located in Florida
Stoneman Douglas High School
Stoneman Douglas High School
Stoneman Douglas High School (Florida)
LocationMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School
5901 Pine Island Road
Parkland, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates26°18′19″N 80°16′06″W / 26.3053°N 80.2683°W / 26.3053; -80.2683
DateFebruary 14, 2018 (2018-02-14)
2:40 p.m. (EST)
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting
WeaponsModern sporting rifle
Deaths17
Injured14
Charges17 counts of capital murder

On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, United States. 17 people were killed and 15 more hospitalized, making it one of the world's deadliest school massacres.[1][2] Nikolas Cruz, the man arrested as the shooter, is in custody of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder.

Social media posts by Cruz showed him joking about shooting people with his AR-15, and he allegedly promised retribution against police officers and anti-fascist organizations.[3] Although no motivations have been offered by prosecutors or police, factors being looked into include "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".[4]

This attack is the deadliest shooting to take place at an American high school, surpassing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in which 15 people died, nearly 19 years prior.[5] It is tied with the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting as the third-deadliest school shooting in the United States, only behind the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which killed 27) and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting (which killed 32).

The shooting occurred on the ten-year anniversary of the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting, which killed five.[6] It is also the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history in which the perpetrator was arrested alive.

Shooting

The shooting took place during the afternoon of February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. At approximately 2:40 p.m. EST, near dismissal time, staff and students heard gunfire and enacted a "code red" lockdown.[7]

The shooter activated a fire alarm while wearing a gas mask and carrying smoke grenades.[8][9] He was armed with a .223 caliber AR-15 style rifle and multiple magazines.[10][11]

He briefly escaped by blending in with students fleeing the school before being tracked by school security camera recordings and arrested without incident in nearby Coral Springs.[12] A United States government official said the rifle used in the shooting was purchased legally after passing a background check.[13]

Victims

List of deceased victims[14]
  • Alyssa Alhadeff, aged 14
  • Scott Beigel, aged 35
  • Martin Duque, aged 14
  • Nicholas Dworet, aged 17
  • Aaron Feis, aged 37
  • Jaime Guttenberg, aged 14
  • Chris Hixon, aged 49
  • Luke Hoyer, aged 15
  • Cara Loughran, aged 14
  • Gina Montalto, aged 14
  • Joaquin Oliver, aged 17
  • Alaina Petty, aged 14
  • Meadow Pollack, aged 18
  • Helena Ramsay, aged 17
  • Alex Schachter, aged 14
  • Carmen Schentrup, aged 16
  • Peter Wang, aged 15

Seventeen students and staff were killed and many others injured, including at least 15 (including the suspect) who were hospitalized.[10][15] Three people remained in critical condition the next day.[16] Of those killed, 12 died in the school, two just outside the school buildings, one on the street and two at the hospital.[10]

Suspect

Broward County Sheriff's Office mugshot

The suspected shooter was identified as Nikolas Jacob Cruz,[17][18][19] a 19-year-old former student of the school. His former math teacher said an email from the school administration had circulated among teachers, warning that Cruz had made threats against other students, leading to his ban from wearing a backpack on campus. He was later expelled for apparently fighting with the boyfriend of his former girlfriend.[20][18][21]

Cruz was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), which awarded him multiple times for outstanding academic performance.[13] A former classmate said Cruz had a lot of anger management issues and often joked about guns and gun-related violence, including "shooting up establishments".[22] Another described him as "super stressed-out all the time and talked about guns a lot and tried to hide his face".[23] A current student said, "I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him."[23] Another classmate described him as a loner without many friends, saying, "He told me how he got kicked out of two private schools. He was held back twice. He had aspirations to join the military. He enjoyed hunting."[13] Cruz also bragged about killing animals. A neighbor said Cruz's mother would call the police over to the house to try to "talk some sense" into him.[24]

Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County described Cruz's online profiles and accounts as "very, very disturbing." They contained numerous pictures and posts of him with a variety of weapons, including long knives, a shotgun, a pistol, and a BB gun. His YouTube videos included violent threats, such as "I wanna die Fighting killing shit ton of people."[13] He left a comment on another user's YouTube video on September 24 2017, stating "I'm going to be a professional school shooter",[25] which prompted the user to report him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[26]

Nikolas was adopted at birth by Lynda Cruz and her husband, the latter of whom died during Nikolas's childhood of a heart attack. His adoptive mother died on November 1, 2017, from influenza and pneumonia. He had been living with relatives and friends since her death. Cruz had previously been receiving mental health services. However, he stopped going and never returned.[13][27]

After he was taken into police custody, Cruz was charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.[28] An initial arraignment hearing was scheduled for February 16.[29]

Aftermath

President Trump's response to the shooting

First responders established a triage tent outside the school.[15] The school district provided grief counseling to students and their families. Additionally, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said costs of funerals and counseling would be covered by the state.[30]

President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Rick Scott were briefed on the shooting.[8] Trump offered his prayers and condolences to the victims’ families, writing that "no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school".[31][32] Scott ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff.[33] Trump then later ordered flags be flown at half-staff for the entire United States.[34]

Three counties of Florida and Virginia increased police presence at schools on February 15 in response to the shooting.[35][36][37]

Professor and educational psychologist David Berliner called for a national teachers' strike on May 1. Berliner writes: "If by May 1st [the teachers and parents] have not received assurance that the legislation for sanity in gun ownership will be acted on soon, they need to walk out of our schools. It would be May Day, when workers should exert their strength."[38]

See also

References

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