Florida School Shooting - Page 30

March 4, 2018

Protocol or cowardice? Parkland student slams teacher over locked door during shooting, report says

A high school student who survived the deadly Florida shooting on Valentine’s Day that left 17 people dead has slammed his teacher on social media, calling him an “opportunist” and “a coward,” after he allegedly wouldn’t unlock his classroom door and let students in, a report from the Sun-Sentinel said on Friday.

March 3, 2018

Parkland teens offer tough words on guns in conversation with HBO's Bill Maher

Two student activists who lived through the deadly attack at a Florida high school on Valentine’s Day that left 17 people dead had some choice words during an appearance Friday on HBO’s talk show “Real Time with Bill Maher” for the nation’s leaders and past generations - and they weren’t pretty.

March 3, 2018

New pictures: Parkland shooter might have tried to create vantage point to fire below

Fox News has obtained pictures that appear to show that the accused Stoneman Douglas High School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, tried to shoot out a window on a higher floor of the school in an attempt to fire down on people below. Had he succeeded, the toll of the dead and injured could have been dramatically greater.

March 2, 2018

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's name removed from park fence

It was, until recently, the name of just another community member who had been involved in the building of the 7-acre playground.

March 2, 2018

School shootings prompt more teachers to consider carrying guns

Gun rights advocates say that since the Sandy Hook massacre the number of individual teachers and school districts interested in arming themselves on campus has risen exponentially with some programs having to put interested applicants on a waiting list to meet the demand. But if a teacher who gets a concealed carry permit can actually carry varies widely depending on the state they work in.

March 1, 2018

Israeli specialists provide post-trauma training to Parkland community members

The Israel Trauma Coalition arrived in Broward County this week and has been holding training sessions for community members, specifically aimed at teachers, counselors, clinicians, clergy, social organizations and first responders.

February 28, 2018

Commanding officer initially ordered responding deputies to 'stage' not enter Stoneman Douglas, sources say

Fox News has learned that in the critical moments as first responding deputies were searching for an active shooter on the property of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, a commanding officer on scene apparently ordered some of the initial responders to “stage” and set up a “perimeter” outside -- instead of immediately ordering or allowing officers to rush in to neutralize the suspect, Nikolas Cruz.

February 28, 2018

Fixing 'broken boys' - not stripping gun rights - would stop mass shootings, experts say

Most humans cannot fathom — or choose not to fathom — the depths of depravity that would allow a young man to shoot up a school filled with children.

February 28, 2018

NJ lawmakers push for ‘red flag’ gun law that would disarm at-risk people

The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has reignited an outcry for more rigorous gun control.

February 28, 2018

Texas private school arming administrators with guns

A private Christian school in Arlington, Texas is arming administrators with guns to keep kids safe.