At least 17 students at a Florida high school were killed after a gunman opened fire on them with an automatic rifle, in one of the deadliest school shootings on record in the US.

Officials said another 50 were injured at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the small city of Parkland, around 45 miles north of Miami.

The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz, who was arrested after a brief manhunt.

Mr Cruz had been expelled for “disciplinary reasons”, while teachers said they had previously been warned that he could pose a danger to the campus.


Just as classes were being sent home for the day, police say Mr Cruz began spraying bullets into the high school hallway.

Authorities said Mr Cruz carried “countless magazines” and an AR-15 rifle.



Florida senator Bill Nelson, who claimed to have been briefed by the FBI on the issue, said the shooter wore a gas mask and carried smoke grenades.

He also said that the fire alarm had been set off so that his victims would pour out into the hall.






Staff and students walked single file outside the school as they evacuated after the shooting.

Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida

Parents hug their children near the school after the shooting broke out on Wednesday afternoon.





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Students went in single file from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as armed SWAT response teams watched on.

Parents outside the school.

An injured female was transported from the school on a stretcher by first responders on Wednesday afternoon

I'm here for this.

Students shared pictures of themselves hiding in a classroom after they were advised to stay where they were until police arrested the gunman.

Medical personnel tend to a bloodied victim as they help to evacuate them from the school.

Jesus. The guy is totally mad,after charging him to court,they should execute him by electric chair.

RIP THEM.

Magazine does not kill, Mr. Cruz does.

Victims of the shooting were being treated on the sidewalk while the gunman was reported to still be at large and law enforcement officers from multiple agencies were flooding the area


Nikolas Cruz, 19, was arrested after he stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday afternoon armed with an assault rifle.


A law enforcement officer rushes toward Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a shooting at the school in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

A law enforcement officer tells anxious family members to move back, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla

And some people be rushing to go overseas
There's no Paradise on earth. Just endure wherever you find yourself.

People have flocked to Twitter to reveal their outrage over the fact that a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle was once again used in a fatal school shooting, this time leaving 17 dead at a Florida high school.

Politicians and celebrities were quick to express outrage over the fact that another AR-15 was used in a mass shooting, asking how much longer people would have to sit by and watch the semi-automatic rifles being used against children and others.



SWAT Response vehicles converge on Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. after reports of an active shooter on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

Authorities inspect the AR-15 rifle the teen gunman used in the mass shooting on Wednesday.


The first victim of the mass shooting has been identified as 46-year-old athletic director Chris Hixon.


Student Jaime Guttenburg has also been identified as a victim, according to Local 10 News .

Her parents Fred and Jennifer Guttenberg said she died in the shooting, while their son, Jesse, made it home.

Gun control,gun control.........how many times are we going to say that?
Sadly some still don't see a reason to limit access to guns.

All these psychos who get access to guns and go blazing.

WORST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.

Police officers tend ride in the back of a pick-up truck with a victim.

how a civilian, in a supposed sane country, manages to get his hands on a first grade assault rifle still baffles me... cuz I don't think the gun law allows ownership of such weapons.

America's at war, forget terrorism.
my condolences to the bereaved

RIP to the people wey die for the Florida school! But the one wey herdsmen dey carry we eye see for here, almost on a daily, pass this level o!

RIP to the farmers and the people wey don die for benue and other affected states

Y'all just watch and see how their government would handle this school shooting. And maybe probably ban the rifle in some states and the killer boy would face the law. But here, our fulani herdsmen kill everyday and our government doesn't seem to care less. They just putting out propagandas here and there.

While waiting outside the emergency room at Broward Health North, Andrew Pollack holds up a photo of his daughter, Meadow Pollack, whom he has not been able to contact after an unspecified number of people were injured in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Wednesday, February 14, 2018. "Something is not right," he said. "I keep looking at my phone. I don't know where to go from here."


An officer tells parents waiting at Coral Springs Drive and the Sawgrass Expressway to go to the Marriott hotel to meet up with their kids from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooting on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

PARKLAND, FL. FEBRUARY 14: People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Something has to be done about the gun laws in America.

I mean not every Tom, Dick, and Harry should be allowed to own guns. Especially high caliber weapons such as the AR-15.

Students get a hug from a family member after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., February 14, 2018.

Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks to the media as he visits Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school killed 17 people on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.


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Nikolas Cruz was expelled last year for 'fighting over his ex-girlfriend' and made shocking Instagram posts detailing a twisted obsession for guns, violence and hurting animals.


Cruz's Instagram is filled with disturbing posts of what appears to be himself showing off weapons, his face sometimes covered, along with other disturbing images and captions.

He captioned this Instgram snap 'pistol fun ass f**k'

Wicked sick people.

In d next few days, u ll hear that President Trump visits Florida. But 73 ppl were murdered in Benue, Buhari said nothing

Gun control would stop all these unnecessary waste of young lives but their addiction to weapons will not allow the government to do what is right.

Some men are heartless

RIP to the dead... Sickos everywhere!

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