17 Fatalities at Florida High School After Ex-student Opens Fire

17 Fatalities at Florida High School After Ex-student Opens Fire
Nicolas de Jesus Cruz was placed in handcuffs by police is loaded into a paramedic vehicle after a shooting incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 14, 2018 in a still image from video. WSVN.com via Reuters
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PARKLAND, Florida—A former student at a Florida high school opened fire in the school on Wednesday, causing “numerous fatalities” and sending hundreds of panicked young people fleeing their classrooms before he was arrested by police, authorities said.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Department said “at least 14 victims” from the shooting had been taken to area hospitals, but it is not immediately clear how many of those will survive. Two of those in hospital have been reported to have died from their injuries.