Stoneman Douglas High School this afternoon. Theres a lot going on that ends up going into this type of a horrific act. Were going to unpack all aspects of it. But we have to begin with the very latest on the stilldeveloping story. Lets go to the scene in parkland, florida. Phil. Good evening, laura. The high school is about a quarter of a mile behind me. It remains a crime scene. There are still 12 fatalities inside the high school. 12 out of 17 in total. And 12 of the 17 have been positively identified. That means that the Sheriffs Department is still trying to positively id five of these victims who are described as children and including adults. We presume this is a mixture of students and teachers, mostly students. This happened in a high school at 2 30 pm this afternoon, near the end of the school day, valentines day. And witnesses heard pop, pop, pops. They thought they were balloons popping, but they were not. They were the beginning of a horrific worst shooting in Broward Coun
Crime scene is being processed. Eventually they will be removed. Five of the 17 as of an hour ago had still not been positively identified. That is simply because they didnt have i. D. On them. The chaos of running from the classrooms into the hallway and dying in a hail of bullets from the alleged suspect, a former student expelled from this exact high school last year for disciplinary reasons. Identified by investigators as a 19yearold nikolas cruz. According to them, around 2 30, pulled the fire alarm, that was to engage students and teachers as they ran outside for what many thought was a drill but turned out to be not a drill whatsoever. And then started shooting, trying to take the highest death toll he allegedly could. That is 17 shot and killed. 12 inside the school, two outside the school, one down the street. Two died in the hospital while being treated. 15 people were taken to local hospitals for wounds. 30 to 32 people shot. We believe most of them certainly some of them co
Stoneman Douglas High School this afternoon. Theres a lot going on that ends up going into this type of a horrific act. Were going to unpack all aspects of it. But we have to begin with the very latest on the stilldeveloping story. Lets go to the scene in parkland, florida. Phil. Good evening, laura. The high school is about a quarter of a mile behind me. It remains a crime scene. There are still 12 fatalities inside the high school. 12 out of 17 in total. And 12 of the 17 have been positively identified. That means that the Sheriffs Department is still trying to positively id five of these victims who are described as children and including adults. We presume this is a mixture of students and teachers, mostly students. This happened in a high school at 2 30 pm this afternoon, near the end of the school day, valentines day. And witnesses heard pop, pop, pops. They thought they were balloons popping, but they were not. They were the beginning of a horrific worst shooting in Broward Coun
Crime scene is being processed. Eventually they will be removed. Five of the 17 as of an hour ago had still not been positively identified. That is simply because they didnt have i. D. On them. The chaos of running from the classrooms into the hallway and dying in a hail of bullets from the alleged suspect, a former student expelled from this exact high school last year for disciplinary reasons. Identified by investigators as a 19yearold nikolas cruz. According to them, around 2 30, pulled the fire alarm, that was to engage students and teachers as they ran outside for what many thought was a drill but turned out to be not a drill whatsoever. And then started shooting, trying to take the highest death toll he allegedly could. That is 17 shot and killed. 12 inside the school, two outside the school, one down the street. Two died in the hospital while being treated. 15 people were taken to local hospitals for wounds. 30 to 32 people shot. We believe most of them certainly some of them co