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Police Identify Victims In School Shooting
Last Wednesday, a former student returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, pulled the fire alarm and then opened fire on the students and teachers as they left the building.
The shooting was the 18th school shooting this year and the most deadly since Columbine in 1999.
After the shooting, police arrested 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz and charged him with 17 counts of premeditated first-degree murder. An addi- tional 14 others were hospital- ized, with 5 having life-threatening injuries.
The Broward County Sher- iff’s Office released the names of those who died.
The students were: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, was a student at Stoneman Dou- glas and a soccer player for
Parkland Travel Soccer.
Martin Duque An- guiano, 14, lived in Park- land.
Jaime Guttenberg, 14, lived in Parkland.
Cara Loughran, 14, lived in Coral Springs.
Gina Montalto, 14, was a member of the winter guard on the school's marching band.
Alaina Petty, 14, a part of
the "Helping Hands" program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Alex Schachter, 14, par- ticipated in the school march- ing band and orchestra.
Peter Wang, 15, a mem- ber of the ROTC program,
Luke Hoyer, 15, lived in Parkland.
Carmen Schentrup, 16, was a National Merit Scholar semifinalist.
Nicholas Dworet, 17, was a senior, was recruited for the University of Indianapolis swim team.
Joaquin Oliver, 17, lived in Coral Springs.
in Coral Springs.
Meadow Pollack, 18, had
been accepted at Lynn Uni- versity in Boca Raton.
The adults were: Scott Beigel, 35, a Geography teacher killed as he tried to usher students back into his classroom when the shooting broke out.
Aaron Feis, 37, an assis- tant football coach was killed when he threw himself in front of students to protect them from oncoming bullets.
Chris Hixon, 49, was the school's athletic director and the school's wrestling coach.
reportedly took an Uber to the school. He is said to have pulled the fire alarm at dis- missal time.
He used an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle and had several magazines, a gas mask, and other items. For more than an hour, the school was at the mercy of the gunman.
After the shooting, Cruz threw the gun down and blended into the crowd. He was arrested a short distance away.
Cruz was transported to a local hospital because of la- bored breathing. After being medically cleared, he was charged.
President Says He Won’t
Helena Ramsay, 17, lived
Survivors Of Shooting Go After
Victims of Majory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
The Shooting: According to police, Cruz
Play Golf To Honor Victims
President Trump For Insensitive Tweets
Of Mass School Shooting
According to CNN, students who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting were out- raged at President Donald Trump after he linked the FBI's failure to follow up on a report about the school shooter and the resources expended on the Russia investigation.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted, "Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collu- sion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!”
The President's tweet caused considerable outrage and the students answered him. They wrote:
"17 of my classmates are gone. That's 17 futures, 17 chil- dren, and 17 friends stolen. But you're right, it always has to be about you. How silly of me to forget. #neveragain”
"17 innocent people were
To show respect for the sur- vivors of the Florida school shooting which left 17 people dead, Donald Trump skipped going golfing. Accord- ing to reports, the decision not to golf at his Mar-a-Lago resort was to honor the affected fami- lies of the the Marjory Stone- man Douglas High School shooting.
The president traveled to Florida Friday (Feb. 16) and visited recovering victims, and also praised the medical staff for their life-saving efforts.
“It’s sad something like that could happen,” Trump said.
The president and first lady also visited the first responders and officers at the Broward County Sheriff’s office who responded to the chaotic scene at the school. According to The Hill, Trump joked with some members of law enforce- ment about capturing Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old respon- sible for the massacre.
President Trump gives thumbs up with hospital per- sonnel who cared for victims of school shooting before be- ginning his vacation at Mar-a- Lago.
“That was so modest, I would have told it much differently,” Trump said. “I would have said without me, they never would have found him.”
Cruz is said to be pleading guilty to 17 counts of premedi- tated murder.
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is just 40 miles away from the high school where Cruz in- jured 14 people during the shooting.
Grief, shock and outrage are all emotions displayed after school shooting. However, President Trump blamed the FBI and talked about Russian collusion instead of condolences.
brutally murdered at my school, a place where they should have felt safe. Their lives were gone in an instant. You are the President of the United States and you have the audacity to put this on Russia as an excuse. I guess I should expect that from you.”
"Oh my god. 17 OF MY CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS ARE GONE AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RUSSIA???!! HAVE A DAMN HEART. You can keep all of your fake and meaningless 'thoughts and prayers'."
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