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Warning Signs May Have Been Missed In School Shooting Case

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent on violence. "Im going to be a professional school shooter," a YouTube user with the screen name…
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Students: Shooting Suspect Harassed Peers, Bragged About Gun

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and neighbors describe the suspect in the deadly rampage at a Florida high school as a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers, talked about killing animals, posed with guns in disturbing photos on social media, and bragged about target practice in his backyard with a…
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Gunman Kills At least 17 People At Florida High School

By TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooter, who…
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Sheriff IDs shooting suspect as Nikolas Cruz

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in the shooting that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. The Broward County Sheriff's Office tweeted a correction with that spelling on the identity of the suspect. The office of Sheriff Scott Israel, as well as a federal official briefed…
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Sheriff Confirms Shooter Was Former Student, 18

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the shooting suspect is an 18-year-old former student at the South Florida school where the shooting erupted. He says the teen was arrested without incident after he was located off the school grounds in a nearby community. He didn't give details of when the suspect…
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