Gunman armed with an assault rifle and grenades,tried to draw students out of their classrooms before opening fire at random, killing 17 people Valentine’s Day began in a delighted frame of intellect for many of the 3200 students arriving at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, or some clutching handmade esteem hearts for classmates and flowers for their teachers.
But by the end of the day,17 people would be dead, allegedly killed by a former student, or 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz,who had been expelled from the school for unspecified disciplinary reasons. The mass shooting is at least the eighth episode involving gun death or injury at a US school this year. Related: Fellow students 'predicted' Florida school shooting suspect might lash out Related: 1516 mass shootings in 1735 days: America's gun crisis – in one chart Related: Why is the NRA so powerful? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com