- Panic and fear swept through a South Florida community Wednesday afternoon after a gunman opened fire at a suburban high school.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says 17 people were killed and more were injured during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Students and teachers filed out of the school after the shooting, many with arms in the air as armed SWAT officers ushered them along.
Footage posted to social media showed officers in the school ushering students who had huddled inside an auditorium; another clip showed students cowering as gunfire exploded nearby.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel identified him only as a former student at the high school, believed to be around 19 years old.
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