Weapon and then blending in with students to escape. He then stopped for a drink at a subway and went to a mcdonalds before he was arrested by an officer who saw him walking on a road a mile and a half from school. More now from phil keating in parkland. He. Reporter he faced a florida magistrate this afternoon 24 hours after allegedly shooting and killing 17 boys, girls and faculty at the high school that expelled him last year. Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and will remain held in Broward County custody. Unlike other mass shooters who took their own lives, investigators say he tried to escape putting down his Assault Rifle and blending in with fleeing students from Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. S. W. A. T. Teams, police and deputies cleared out each classroom one by one rescues terrified students and teachers who barricaded themselves and hid in a closet. Today is not easy. Ought victims families have been notified. Reporter the fbi confirmed it was alerted to the suspect four months ago from this youtube poster who claimed someone with the same name as the suspect said, quote, im going to be a professional School Shooter. I knew that i couldnt just ignore that. So i screen shotted the comment and sent it to the appropriate authorities. We checked and couldnt identify the person who made the comment. Reporter the Worst High School shooting in history exceeding columbine by two fatalities began around 2 30 when school was letting out when the suspect arrived in an uber. According to investigators, he then shot and killed three people outside then went inside pulled a fire alarm and while wearing a gas mask and carrying magazines and smoke grenades, started shooting at students and teachers as they flooded into the hall. He then fled. An assistant coconut creek, florida, Police Officer spotted the suspect in a neighborhood about a mile away and arrested him. I pulled my vehicle over engage the suspect. He complied with my commands. We offer these words, oh, god. Reporter students and families gathering today outside the school grounds. Contributes and mementos for the victims. On the fence, outside the police line, now hangs 17 crosses. Phil keating, fox news. Many of those who survived yesterdays massacre are being treated now at a hospital in pompano beach. Ed henry is there. Ed, what do we know about their conditions tonight . Reporter if theres one bit of hope among the tragedy that theres only one patient left in the hospital behind me who is in Critical Condition. There are others in other stages, conditions, good conditions, fair condition, but only one in Critical Condition and thats a testament to doctors, nurses and First Responders here on the groundworking around the clock. As the horror planed out add Marjory Stoneman douglas high school, the doctors at Broward Health north initiated a code green. [ sirens ] reporter an all hands on deck disaster announcement they trained for six months ago, yet nothing fully prepared them for this. We kept on getting phone calls. Are you ready to receive more patients . Are you ready to take this one, that one, always the answer was yes. Reporter the doctors believe there would have been far more deaths but for the remarkable work of the Emergency Personnel who stopped the bleeding on so many wounds. Couple minutes later i realized, wow, this is actually happening, this is real life. Reporter there was also the bravery of one of the first victims who was identified. Aaron feis, an assistant football coach and Security Guard, who used his own body as a human shield to prevent more children from being shot. We had an Athletic Director, campus monitor who responded immediately when there was signs of trouble in the school. Unfortunately, those two heroes gave their lives for our kids and probably helped this from being worse. Reporter students who survived the bloodshed also give great credit to a janitor who saved dozens of lives by realizing that when the shooter pulled a fire alarm, a large group of barricaded students were headed right at him. As a result of their heroic actions, they saved probably all of our lives about 40 of us. Reporter the 19yearold shooter was ordered held without bond after a brief hearing. Are you nikolas cruz . Yes, maam. Okay. Sir, you are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Reporter meanwhile, people in this shattered Florida Community tried to come together with an afternoon vigil to try to help ease the pain of so many. Well, frank and julie, the other thing here is that a lot of people now here on the ground are saying that they saw some signs that concerned them, not enough people maybe smoke out and so the community is trying to deal with that moving forward to make sure Something Like this doesnt happen again. But they are also coming together tonight not far from me at a prayer vigil to show strength amid the pain and horror. We saw all those people, ed, gathering at that vigil. What about at the hospital . Have people been coming by the hospital to leave cards or notes for those injured . Reporter yeah. You know, i i want to give you an idea of how big and how small that can be. The gestures. We have seen people coming in and out all day, some friends, some family members no doubt. But we also saw someone from a local sports bar who pulled up with a minivan he had his wife with a young baby and said what are you doing . And i said we decided to cook up 100 buffalo wings and some burgers and some other sandwiches and food and we said so for the families of the victims . Yeah. We want to help them. The hospital workers have been working around the clock and havent slept but we dont know if they have stopped to have a meal. So you get an idea of how the community is coming together. Thank you, ed. The 17 People Killed in florida included 14 students all teenagers and 3 adults. Today we began to learn something about them. It started with the Broward County sheriff reading their names. Carmen schentrup, meadow pollack, peter wang, nicholas dworet. Each name representing a family now in grief and a life taken far too soon. Monte francis reports. Reporter julie, the entire community is grieving trying to understand how this could have happened. They are also taking time to remember each life lost in this mass shooting. Well grieve with you. Reporter in parkland tonight a vigil for the 14 students and three adults killed at Stoneman High School all remembered by candlelight one for each of the victims. Among the dead, nicholas dworet, the School Swim Team captain who was hoping to make it to the 2020 olympics in tokyo. 14yearold Alyssa Alhadeff a competitive soccer player, 14 yearold alaina petty. 14yearold martin duque. 15yearold peter wang called funny caring and selfless. 17yearold helena ramsey. 15yearold luke hoyer, described as happy and quiet. 18yearold meadow pollack, a senior planning to attend college next year. 37yearold aaron feis was an assistant football coach and Security Guard at the school who died shielding students from the gunfire. I dont know when aarons funeral is. I dont know how many adult are going to go. But you will get 2,000 kids there. The kids in this community loved him. That he doored him. He was one of the greatest people i knew, they adored him. He was a phenomenal man. Reporter jamie guttenberg, carmen schentrup, cara loughran, joaquin oliver, 14 yearold Alex Schroeder played the trombone in the marching band. Right now is the toughest band finding out why this happened and hopefully we can make a change that way it can just stop happening. Reporter geography teacher scott beigel died while protecting students in his classroom. Chris hixon the Athletic Director and wrestling coach was also killed. At the vigil was a ninth grader who had five classmates among the dead and including one close friend. I think that he would appreciate what we are doing and i think that people would want to remember in a positive way. Reporter one student survived the shooting by hiding in a storage room with 40 others. She sent a text message to her mother that said, if i i dont make it out, i love you and i appreciate everything you did for me. And julie, thats just one of the hundreds of stories we are hearing. So many stories, just heartbreaking to imagine what their families are going through tonight. Monte, thank you. Today President Trump addressed the nation promising to take action on School Safety and mental health. We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. Later this month, i will be meeting with the nations governors and attorney generals where making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority. The president never mentioned gun control in his speech. The white house said he want to keep his remarks focused on the victims. Stay with us for continuing coverage of the massacre in florida. More at 6 30 and on our social media platforms. Coming up new developments from an east bay courtroom as the suspects accused of stabbing a woman and leaving her to die appear before a judge. She is scared and frightened by all of this. This is a terrible situation for her. We are tracking the cooldown thats going to be there tomorrow morning for friday and what you can expect this weekend. Also a man accused of two mail bombings including one that injured the wife of a bay area Police Officer. He was charged today. Details after the break. And a live look at the thursday evening commute new at 6 00 a man from oakland is expected to plead guilty in connection with two mail bombings one of which injured the wife of an alameda Police Officer. 56yearold Ross Gordon Laverty was charged with mailing a foot long explosive device that injured an East Palo Alto man in october. A month Later Authority say he mailed a nearly identical device to the home of a alameda Police Officer. The officer was at work at the time. His wife opened the package suffering hearing loss and minor burns when it exploded. The officer interviewed him in 2013 as part of a drug and burglary investigation. The modesto couple charged with murder for the stabbing death a young woman left to die on a rural road east of livermore was back in court this morning. As ktvus henry lee found out, they are expecting a baby together and facing murder charges together. Reporter daniel gross and his fiancee Melissa Leonardo did not enter a plea to charges of murder. Authorities say they are equally responsible in the stabbing death of their friend, 19yearold Lizette Cuesta and leaving her for dead along tesla road. Motorists found cuesta crawling on her stomach. Before she died she identified the couple as her killers. Sources tell ktvu that gross admitted to stabbing cuesta more than 2 dozen times in the head, back and neck. In a jailhouse interview, gross told me he acted in self defense and snapped after the victim elbowed him. He told me that leonardo was driving the night of the incident. Earlier in the evening gross said he had sex with cuesta in the back of his fiancees car. At this point i have learned more about the case from you people than i have from the district attorneys office. And no offense but i dont take anything you say at face value. Reporter leonardos attorney said he didnt band to address didnt want to address specifics until he got evidence from the d. A. And only just met his client. She is scared and frightened by all of this. This is a terrible situation for her. She hasnt had experience with the Justice System before. This is new to her. Reporter when i spoke to gross in jail he said his fiancee shouldnt be in custody. I asked her attorney if gross is to blame in the killing. Im not going to point fingers. Im not going to characterize what the case looks like because i dont have the information. Reporter bowman has a ten monthold child with gross. She said gross had a temper and leonardo was jealous. He would get mad and sometimes, like, or if you try to, like, physically do something but it wouldnt get to the point where he would want to physically kill. Reporter the couple is held without bail. They are due back in court on march 16. In dublin, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Walnut creek police have released pictures of a man who they say exposed himself and committed a lewd act on a transit bus last week. He boarded a walnut creek free trolley downtown and exposed himself to a woman on board while making crude gestures. The woman alerted the bus driver when they arrived at the bart station but he fled. He is 35 to 45, about 511, and cleanshaven. Richmond police say they arrested a 17yearold boy during an operation to crack down on street robberies. Officers say on tuesday night, they spotted two suspicious people on 13th street. One of them was wearing a ski mask. One suspect ran off but they were able to take the masked teen into custody after a short chase. They say he was carrying a loaded gun, a cell phone and bag of bullets along with a student identification from hercules high school. A Vacaville School bus driver has been arrested for allegedly abusing a special Needs Elementary School student. The incident was caught on School Bus Surveillance video. As reporter Karma Dickerson explains the driver is fired and faces a felony child abuse charge. Reporter shock and dismay from parents after learning that a bus driver at Browns ValleyElementary School in vacaville is facing felony charges for allegedly assaulting a student with special needs. Thats sad. Absolutely sad. This should never happen. Reporter the incident reportedly happened during morning dropoff last tuesday february 6th. According to the Vacaville Unified School district, kim klopson was working as a substitute bus driver when a second grader didnt want to get off the bus at school. Klopson who worked for the district 18 years reportedly grabbed the little girl and tried to forcibly remove her while speaking in what one vacaville Police Officer described as a mean tone. This incident was upsetting beyond words. Reporter the struggle was violent enough that it left the 7yearold with abrasions on her torso. An associate superintendent said the footage from the cameras is hard to watch and the drivers behavior was inexcusable. Its normal to get frustrated but you should have the skills and the tools to deal with and help support that child and learns because we are here to help them learn in academics and behavior and as well, you should know when you cant handle it when you need to step out of the situation and seek guidance for yourself. Reporter the employee who saw it reported it to officials. She was fired the next day. Vacaville Police Arrested the 64yearold on felony child abuse charges wednesday. It was good they reacted quickly and got rid of her. Reporter School Bus Transportation is only pride to 200 special needs students and all drivers including klopson have required training but this persons child who rode the bus in the past has concerns. Id rather take her to school every morning. Reporter klopson worked for the district 18 years without incident. She only worked three days this school year. The district reviewed video of her other two bus rides this year and didnt find other red flags. Would you say youre confident this is the only time its ever happened . I say we are always investigating but yes, we feel fully confident it is. Reporter in vacaville, Karma Dickerson, fox news. So it was a little warmer today. Started out cool and with frost. Frost again tomorrow morning. 60s in the area today so warm. For february. High pressure sitting there. Often shoreoffshore wind with High Pressure over us as it has for all of february and much of january. Um, i mean, it budges a little bit. When it budges, you notice it. Thats where we are right now. It came back. Warmer tomorrow. Temperatures tonight in the 30s, low 30s in the coldest spots. Well see freezing in some places. Forecast for tomorrow like today slightly warmer plenty of sunshine and a little less wind. The weekend as we push forward will be part of it warmer part of it cooler. Well see you back here with that. A new immigration bill falls short on capitol hill. I just think we missed an opportunity for the American People. Coming up next tonight, details on todays four failed efforts in the u. S. Senate and the chances of getting a daca deal passed. And later in sports, a taste of spring training in scottsdale, arizona. Joe fonzi is talking to the giants ace pitcher Madison Bumgarner about a fresh start. Plus, victory for a woman fighting to stay anonymous and still collect her powerball winnings. In washington a bay partisan bill on immigration fell six votes short of passing today. It was one of four possible daca solutions that failed today in the u. S. Senate. I think this is a decision the senate is going to regret and i hope we will be able to remedy the injustice soon. Reporter