Shooting. No parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning. Reporter Authorities Say cruz had been expelled from the school last year. Social media posts show him posing with guns. On thursday, fbi agents searched the home of the family where he was staying. A lawyer for the family says he was a friend of their sons. Cruz moved in following the death of his adoptive mother in november. They were helping him, got hum a job at a dollar store where he was working. He was going to school to try to get his ged and they didnt see this coming. Reporter the lawyers say they knew cruz had a semi automatic rifle when he moved in but he was supposed to keep it locked up. This is a classmate. I didnt think he would come and shoot us at school. Reporter she made signs honoring two of the victims including erin feis who ran to help when the shooting started. An american hero. He died saving his students. Reporter classes are canceled while th
America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scorch of School Shooting. Fter School Shooting it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. Amy we will speak with the head of the coalition to stop gun violence and a former Florida State legislator during the time shooting was two years ago. She took on the Florida Governor. Then kept out. For people of color, things are shutting the door to homeownership. Here we have the likelihood so black applicants in philadelphia are almost three times as likely to be denied a traditional mortgage. Reveal found this troubling pattern and dozens of cities. Philadelphia was one of the largest. 61 metros across the country, applicants of color are more likely to be denied conventional mortgage, even if they have the same financial characteristics of a nonhispanic, white applicant. Amy we will look at modern day redlining 50 years after lbj signed the Fair Housing Act banning Racial Di
Hurt. The suspected gunman a former student expelled for disciplinary rvenlts tonight investigators describe his social media accounts as quote very disturbing. The school is located in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of parkland, recently named floridas safest city. Laura podesta is there tonight. Reporter the Broward County sheriff says theyve identified 12 of the 17 People Killed in the shooting. The suspect 19yearold Nicholas Cruz remains in Police Custody as officials work to determine his motive. The nightmare in Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in parkland, florida unfolded just as the school day was ending. Police say the suspected gunman 19yearold Nicholas Cruz arrived on the schools campus wednesday afternoon heavily armed. He had countless magazines, multiple magazines. And at this point we believe he had one ar15 rifle. He appeared to have pulled the fire alarm to create chaos before firing. As soon as fire alarm got pulled and kids were evacuating i heard five pops. Then we
Some of the victims died at the school, others at the hospital. We know that 19yearold Nicholas Cruz the former student has been identified as the shooter. Will play a portion of the Police Dispatch as the chaos was unfolding. One injured person. That shooting happened around 2 00 in the afternoon. About 45 miles north of the miami area. S. W. A. T. Team members or seen heading into the school as students where streaming out of the building. You can see them with their hands up and others at their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them. All of the students, once the route consoling each other and giving each other hugs and parents were told not to pick up their children. Many of them communicating with their kids through cell phones. Look to my left and saw the security guard. Very traumatizing thing to watch. Then we all went out. We saw cop cars all the way over there and everybody panicking and crying. It was an event that should not happen. Good things does good thin
It began as an ordinary school day that was almost over when gunfire erupted this afternoon. The Broward County sheriff now says that 17 were killed in parkland, florida, about 20 miles northwest of fort lauderdale, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which is attended by about 3,000 students. A suspect was taken into custody. As you see here, a few miles from the scene this afternoon. Well have much more on him in just a moment. We have extensive coverage tonight, beginning with Manuel Bojorquez in parkland, florida. We do caution you some of the video youre about to see is graphic. Manny. Reporter thats right, jeff. And a Law Enforcement source tells cbs news the gunman appears to have pulled the schools fire alarm to create chaos, and then began firing. Those who could, ran, hiding in classrooms, even closets, while the shooting continued. gunfire reporter justs the school day was ending, the shooting started. This cell phone video captured the gunfire and the screams of the Hi