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At least 17 people were killed and 15 injured when a shooter opened fire in a South Florida high school on Wednesday afternoon.
The suspected shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, is a former student who was expelled from the school for disciplinary reasons. He was arrested on Wednesday hours after the attack and has since been charged with premeditated murder.
The attack marks the 18th school shooting of 2018.

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A troubled former student armed with an assault-style rifle returned to his Parkland, Florida, high school on Wednesday and opened fire, killing at least 17 people and injuring 15, officials said.

Police said the accused gunman, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, began shooting outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shortly before dismissal, then barged inside. Wearing a gas mask and armed with smoke grenades, he pulled a fire alarm to lure students out of classrooms, according to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who said he had been briefed by law enforcement. Cruz then sprayed students and staffers with bullets before blending in with the panicked crowd to escape.

He went up and down the hallway just banging and shooting into the classrooms, one student, Natalie, told CBS News . He shot through my door and broke my window.

Madison Sheib, a 15-year-old sophomore, was working on a study sheet in her math class when she heard what she first thought were the sounds of chairs being shuffled on the floor above her. When she and other students realized what it was, they ran for cover.

We ran into a corner and turned off all the lights, Sheib told HuffPost. We just kept hearing gunshots and screaming.

Wednesdays attack marks the 18th school shooting of 2018.

The school, in the suburban community about 15 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale, was quickly placed on lockdown. Police detained Cruz nearly two hours later, just before 4 p.m., according to the Broward County Sheriffs Department. Cruz was charged with 17 counts of murder on Thursday and jailed without bond at Broward County Jail, according to The Associated Press.

Three victims remained at Broward Health North hospital in critical condition, and three others were in stable condition, hospital officials said just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Among those killed was a school football coach, whom police declined to name but family and friends identified as assistant coach and security guard Aaron Feis . The son of a deputy sheriff was wounded.

I am so sad about this news, Feis cousin Joey Fulco told HuffPost. The entire Feis family [is] devastated.

Jamie Guttenberg, a student, was also killed in the shooting, her father, Fred Guttenberg, confirmed in a Facebook post on Thursday. According to Local 10 News, Jamies brother Jesse, who was also in school during the attack, survived.

My heart is broken, Fred Guttenberg said. I am broken as I write this trying to figure out how my family gets [sic] through this.