Cruz fired a hail of bullets into a classroom at the Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. He went up and down the hallway shooting through the classrooms. He shot through my door. I think three people in nigh classroom got hurt. There was blood everywhere. Reporter cruz was said to have had an ar15 semiautomatic rifle. He got us out, a large group of unprotected targets. Reporter cruz was picked up off campus without incident. Last night the police searched the home where the 19yearold was staying. The family said cruz was not related to them. They took him in three months ago after his adopted mother passed away. His adopted father also died. Maybe he was a little depressed because of his mother. Theyre shocked. There were problems aet the school earlier, some fighting, but nobody saw this coming. Reporter Law Enforcement confirms cruz had been expelled from the high school for, quote, disciplinary republicans. One said she spoke to cruz as she was evacuating schools. He was trouble
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Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, Florida School shooting, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Welcome to today on this thursday morning. We are here in olympic park in pyeongchang, south korea, but it goes without saying that our hearts are definitely back home. Theyre back home and our hearts are heavy. Its hard to even imagine that this has happened again. Again. Its happened again. And we want to get right to the latest overnight. The death toll, in a word, is st shootings in american history. At least 14 others were wounded, some of them are in Critical Condition this morning. The suspected gunman is in custody. Officials identifying him as 19yearold nikolas cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who had recently been expelled. We are also seeing disturbing images recorded and shared by frightened students as they barricaded themselves in classrooms. Thache went through. This is how it looked,
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We are the latest on the investigation the suspect, and the victims, today february 13th, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today Florida School shooting with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from pyeongchang, south korea. And welcome to today on this thursday morning. We are here in olympic park in pyeongchang, south korea, but it goes without saying that our hearts are definitely back home. Our hearts are heavy. Its hard to even imagine that this has happened again. Again. We want to get to the latest overnight the death toll, in a word, its staggering, 17 people were killed, making this one of the deadliest Mass Shootings in american history. At least 14 others were wounded. Some of them are in Critical Condition this morning. The suspected gunman is in custody. Officials identifying him as 19yearold Nicholas Cruz, a former studented a Marjory Stoneman high school who had been recently expelled. We see images recorded as students barricaded in classrooms. This is