17 killed in Florida school rampage
 

PARKLAND, Fla: A Florida community will join together on Thursday to mourn the 17 victims of a suspected lone gunman as officials seek to discover how the heavily armed teenager managed to mingle with students before one of the deadliest school shootings in US history.
President Donald Trump ordered flags at US embassies, government buildings and military installations to be flown at half staff Thursday, after 17 people were shot dead at a school in Florida. In a proclamation, Trump ordered the measure ?as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the terrible act of violence perpetrated on February 14, 2018.? The heavily armed teenager who gunned down students was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, court documents showed.
The ex-student, identified as Nikolas Cruz, 19, walked into the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday shortly before classes ended and opened fire on students and teachers, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said. Cruz was being held on 17 counts of premeditated murder, according to the Broward County Sheriff´s website. It was not known when he would appear in court.
Cruz was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and had multiple ammunition magazines when he surrendered to officers in a nearby residential area, police said. He loved guns and was expelled for unspecified disciplinary reasons, police and former classmates said. The shooting was the 18th in a US school this year, according to gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety.It was the deadliest ever at an American high school, surpassing the 1999 rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, where two teenagers killed 12 students and a teacher and then themselves. It was also the second deadliest at a US public school, after the 2012 massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. The gunman also killed his mother and himself. Since Sandy Hook, US schools have installed electronically controlled doors and added security staff.

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