Deadly Parkland shooting What we know
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Islam Is Not Terrorist by virtue of Surah Al Maidah, Verses 32 [
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PARKLAND: Seventeen people were shot dead on
Wednesday (Feb 14) by a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
in Parkland, Florida.
Here's what we know:
THE SHOOTER
Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student
at the school, has confessed to the shooting.
Cruz has been described as a troubled teenager
whose behavior led him to be kicked out of the school last year for unspecified
"disciplinary reasons."
The FBI admitted on Friday it received a
detailed warning last month about Cruz's gun ownership, erratic behavior, and
disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a
school shooting.
The information was not
handled appropriately, the top US law enforcement agency said, and no
action was taken.
According to local
newspaper reports, Cruz had been accused of threatening fellow students and
bringing knives to school.
Even before he was
expelled, Cruz's pattern of disturbing behavior had attracted the attention of
fellow students, teachers and neighbors.
"He was in my class
at the beginning of the year and when I first met him I knew that something was
off about him and he was kind of weird," Manolo Alvarez, 17, told AFP.
Broward County Mayor Beam
Furr said Cruz had been treated for a time at a mental health clinic, though he
had not been back for over a year.
Among the posts on Cruz's
social media accounts were pictures of dead animals and his gun
collection.
Cruz was given up for
adoption at birth in September 1998, along with a brother. The adoptive parents
were a couple in their 50s, according to the Sun Sentinel, the local newspaper.
His father died when he
was young, while his mother passed away last November, leaving the boys in the
care of a family friend, according to the Sentinel.
A mugshot of Cruz shows a
young man with chestnut hair, hazel eyes and freckles.
THE SHOOTING
Cruz arrived at the high
school in an Uber at 2:19 pm, shortly before classes were scheduled to end for
the day, according to the authorities.
He was dressed in a maroon
T-shirt and was carrying a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle in a black soft case. He
had "multiple" magazines of bullets in a backpack.
Less than three minutes
after arriving at the school Cruz began roaming the hallways firing into
multiple classrooms.
Terrified students
barricaded the doors and hid in closets and under desks texting for help while
others fled the school.
Cruz reportedly fired a
total of more than 100 rounds.
At some point, a fire
alarm was pulled, sending students streaming out of the buildings on the
sprawling high school campus.
It is not clear whether Cruz pulled the alarm
himself or if it was done by someone else.
Cruz told police that he discarded his AR-15
rifle and fled the school by blending in with other students.
After the shooting, Cruz stopped at a Wal-Mart,
where he bought a drink at the Subway restaurant there.
He was in a McDonald's at 3.01pm and was
detained 40 minutes later in Coral Springs after police identified him using
school security camera footage.
THE WEAPON
Cruz carried out the shooting using a
semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle that had been legally purchased, according to
the authorities.
The AR-15 is a relatively lightweight civilian
version of the military M-16.
The AR-15 is different than the M-16 in that the
military version allows for automatic bursts of fire while the AR-15 requires
single pulls of the trigger.
Magazines for the rifle generally hold 10 to 30
rounds and Broward County Sheriff Bobby Israel said Cruz had "countless
magazines, multiple magazines."
AR stands for ArmaLite Rifle, the company that
originally made the weapon, which costs as little as US$500.
The AR-15 and other guns defined as assault
rifles were banned by Congress in 1994, but the prohibition expired in 2004.
AR-15-style rifles have been used in a number of
recent mass shootings including the massacre of concert-goers in Las Vegas last
year, the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and the mass
murders at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
THE VICTIMS
The victims of the shooting ranged in age from
14 to 49. Fourteen students, one teacher and two sports coaches were among the
dead.
Chris Hixon, 49, wrestling coach and athletic
director at the school
Aaron Feis, 37, assistant football coach and
security guard
Scott Beigel, 35, geography teacher and
cross-country coach
Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Jamie Guttenberg, 14
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
Alaina Petty, 14
Alex Schachter, 14
Peter Wang, 15
Luke Hoyer, 15
Carmen Schentrup, 16
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Joaquin Oliver, 17
Helena Ramsay, 17
Meadow Pollack, 18
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