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Home My WebLink AboutFlorida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink - National Post - 02/16/2018 - National Post - 02/16/20182/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink people and ahnost an houxfir police to arrest hini. qfter TOPSHOT - Hector Romero Assistant Public Defender (L) and Melisa McNeill, Public Defender (R) are seen on screen at the first appearance in court for high school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz (C) on February 15, 2018 at Broward County Court House in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. u), /m /rkFPPHOTO NATIONALPOST Wh�y So Many Guys Are Loving This Razor 11 EEA b tut 0 HE ,,,> Hello brenn http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 1/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post NEWS W FULLCOMMENT A SPORTS - fULTURE W LIFE W MORE - DRIVING A CLASSIFIEDS a JOBS W SUBSCRIBE A FINAWALPOST KENNEDY AND TANLxRA according to a sheriff's department report released LUSH Cruz said he brought more loaded magazines to the Thursday. 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Here's what Trudeau's ambitious Indigenous rights framework could mean http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 2/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post Candles still glow after last nights vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at Pine Trail Park, on February 16, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Adaark WiLwn / Getty I gay _, The 19 -year-old orphan whose mother died last year was charged with murder Thursday in the assault that devastated this sleepy community on the edge of the Everglades. It was the nation's deadliest school attack since a gunman targeted an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years ago. Meanwhile, students struggled to describe the violence that ripped through their classrooms just before the school day ended. Catarina Linden, a 16 -year-old sophomore, said she was in an advanced math class Wednesday when the gunfire began. "He shot the girl next to me," she said, adding that when she finally was able to leave the classroom, the air was foggy with gun smoke. "I stepped on so many shell casings. There were bodies on the ground, and there was blood everywhere." State Sen. Bill Galvano visited the high school Thursday and was allowed to go up to the third floor, where he was shown bullet holes that marked where Cruz had tried to LATEST NEWS The race for these seats in Italy's parliamen is likely to run through Toronto WWcli A member of a white nationalist militia who wore Donald Trump hats: What we know about Nikolas Cruz Waite°] Trump makes no mention of gur in speech addressing'terrible violence' of Florida school shooting Borneo's orangutan population has plunge( by more than 100,000 since 1999 http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 3/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post shoot out the windows so he could fire on the students running away from the school. Police told Galvano that it was not that difficult to open the windows. "Thank God he didn't," Galvano said. Kashiya Biggs, 17, facing left, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, weeps with her friend Lex Reynoso, 16, as the names of deceased victims are read, during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 EaEsRAE,EsPRESS' Among the dead were a football coach who also worked as a security guard, a senior who planned to attend Lynn University and an athletic director who was active in his Roman Catholic church. The last of the bodies were removed from the high school Thursday after authorities analyzed the crime scene. Thirteen wounded survivors were still hospitalized, including two in critical condition. Authorities have not offered any specific motive, except to say that Cruz had been kicked out of the high school, which has about 3,000 students and serves an affluent suburb where the median home price is nearly $600,000 Students who knew him described a volatile teenager whose strange behaviour had caused others to end friendships with him. POPULAR POSTS Would Canadian gun P� laws have stopped America's worst mass shooters? Burned rock controver ""`""""', sums it all up for Canada's curling wome so... Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux tried to save their marriage on a... .40Kelly McParland: A debate proving that rr they're not ignoramus( was all Ontario... Full transcript of judge' instructions to Colten Boushie jury: Put yourself in... TORONTO WEATHER I oc Overcast { Feels like -4 °c Saturday -1 Sunday 3 Monday 5 Tuesday 11 C®'mq)/,ete. R, wecast —> http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 4/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post "broken human being." He was being held under a suicide watch, Executive Chief Public Defender Gordon Weekes told reporters. Wednesday's shooting was the 17th incident of gunfire at an American school this year. Of the 17 incidents, one involved a suicide, two involved active shooters who killed students, two involved people killed in arguments and three involved people who were shot but survived. Nine involved no injuries at all. As the criminal case began to take shape, President Donald Trump, in an address to the nation, promised to "tackle the difficult issue of mental health," but avoided any mention of guns. Trump, who owns a private club in Palm Beach, about 40 miles from Parkland, said he planned to visit the grieving community. Just like in this Instagram photo, Cruz would often post pictures of weapons online. He did not answer shouted questions about guns as he left the room. Trump, who did not speak publicly immediately after the shooting, weighed in on Twitter early Thursday, calling the suspect "mentally disturbed" and stressing that it was important to "report such instances to authorities, again and again!" http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 5/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post professional school shooter." But the agency could not identify the person who made the comment, which was from an account using the name Nikolas Cruz. It was left on a YouTube video of a blogger and bail bondsman from Mississippi named Ben Bennight. In a Buzzfeed article , Bennight said he called the FBI, and agents came out to talk with him. They called him again Wednesday. Officials were also investigating whether authorities missed other warning signs about Cruz's potentially violent nature. He had been expelled from the school for "disciplinary reasons," according to the sheriff, who said he did not know the specifics. One student said Cruz had been abusive to his ex- girlfriend and that his expulsion was over a fight with her new boyfriend. Math teacher Jim Gard told the Miami Herald that Cruz may have been identified as a potential threat before Wednesday's attack. Gard believes the school had sent out an email warning teachers that Cruz should not be allowed on campus with a backpack. Thousands of mourners hold candles during a candlelight vigil for victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 15, 2018. Cruz killed 17 people within http://nationalpost.com/news/world/shooting-at-florida-high-school-no-of-wounded-unclear 6/10 2/16/2018 Florida shooter escaped by blending in with students and went to Subway's for a drink I National Post Republic of Florida said Cruz was a member of his group and had participated in exercises in Tallahassee. Jordan Jereb said he had only a brief interaction with Cruz a few years ago. The group wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. Neither the Leon County Sheriff's Office in Tallahassee nor the Southern Poverty Law Center could confirm any link between Cruz and the militia. Jereb appeared to back away from his claim later Thursday. Someone posting under his name on Gab, a social media site popular with far -right extremists, complained about getting criticized over a "prank," claimed there was a "misunderstanding" and said he received "a bunch of conflicting information." Cruz's mother, Lynda Cruz, died of pneumonia November 1, and his father died previously, according to the arrest affidavit. Two federal law enforcement officials said the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 .223 was purchased legally last year at Sunrise Tactical Gear in Florida. Lush reported from St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press writers Alina Hartounian in Phoenix, Freida Frisaro, Curt Anderson, and Joshua Replogle in Miami, Sadie Gurman in Washington, Mike Balsamo in Los Angeles and Bernard McGhee in Atlanta contributed to this report. 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