At least 17 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, police say.<\/p>\n
The suspect has been named as Nikolaus Cruz, 19, and is a former student at the school who had been expelled.<\/p>\n
Cruz, who was armed with “multiple magazines”, began the shooting spree outside the school before opening fire inside, according to officials.<\/p>\n
It is one of the deadliest school shootings since 20 children were killed at a Connecticut school in 2012.<\/p>\n
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters that Cruz had used a rifle and opened fire outside the school where three people were killed. He then entered the building and killed 12 people.<\/p>\n
Two people later died after being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
“It’s catastrophic. There really are no words,” Sheriff Israel tweeted later.<\/p>\n
Dr Evan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"