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‘It’s a miracle’: Student injured in Parkland school shooting recovering after suffering crushed lung, losing ‘so much’ blood

 ‘It’s a miracle’: Student injured in Parkland school shooting recovering after suffering crushed lung, losing ‘so much’ blood
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A student wounded in the Parkland high school shooting that killed 17 people is in the hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds during Wedneday’s massacre. Stoneman Douglas girls basketball coach Marilyn Heinrich revealed on Facebook that Maddy Wilford, a junior at the high school, was seriously injured in the shooting and is expected to undergo her third surgery …

Nikolas Cruz confesses to Florida school attack: Sheriff
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February 15, 2018

Nikolas Cruz confesses to Florida school attack: Sheriff

By TERRY SPENCER, KELLI KENNEDY and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and concealing extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released …

Classmate says Florida school shooting suspect showed off guns, joked about attack on school
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February 14, 2018

Classmate says Florida school shooting suspect showed off guns, joked about attack on school

A classmate of the former student believed to have opened fire at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, described the suspected shooter as “troubled” and claimed he would show him pictures of his gun. According to Mediate, the unidentified student also told WSVN that suspected shooter Nicolas Cruz “played around” with the idea of shooting up …

BREAKING: Florida school shooting suspect in custody
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February 14, 2018

BREAKING: Florida school shooting suspect in custody

Authorities have reportedly apprehended the suspect in a mass shooting incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fox 10 News reports that police have a male suspect believed to be the gunman responsible for the deadly shooting in custody. He has not been identified but police say he was a former student at …

Activism, charity sustain Sandy Hook families 5 years later
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December 14, 2017

Activism, charity sustain Sandy Hook families 5 years later

By PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Out of a senseless tragedy, they have sought ways to find meaning in advocacy. Many relatives of the 26 children and educators killed five years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School have dedicated themselves to charity, activism and other efforts to channel their grief and, in …