It was an absolutely heartrendingly tragic loss of innocent lives at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida in the United States on 14 February 2018, but it was hardly new. Various such incidents have happened across the US and continue to occur with shocking regularity. The easy availability of guns in the country, the constitutional right to bear arms and the hugely strong gun lobby of the country are often cited as being among the reasons that result in these shooting incidents.
14 students and 3 faculty members aged 14 to 49 were killed by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz in a school. He arrived in an Uber and pulled out an AR-15 a semi-automatic weapon and began shooting people in five classrooms on two floors. He then discarded the rifle and escaped along with the children fleeing from the school. He was arrested about an hour later.
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