Oregon shooting

17 high school students and adults have been reported dead after a recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland at around 2:30 PM local time. 

The shooter was later  identified as a 19- year old Nikolaz Cruz, who was reported not to have graduated from the school, and had been expelled. A teacher why talking about Cruz said that the school saw him as a threat, and he was banned from the school campus.

                   

Jim Gard, a math teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School also said that in the past, the shooter was known to be a violent and aggressive person towards other students.

The shooting in Florida is the sixth school shooting to have occurred this year. 

According to the Broward County Public Schools, the shooting on the campus occurred at almost dismissal time, when students heard the fire alarm, they students all came out of their classes, and that was when Nikolaz starts his shooting.

                       

When the shooter was arrested, police said he had the AR-15 semiautomatic weapon, with countless magazines.

Cruz In Court

According to the report, after the shooting, Nicolas was able to blend in with the rest of the students, and walked into a nearby walmart to get a drink, he then walked into a McDonalds.

Police later apprehended Cruz, and he told police that "he was the gunman who entered the school campus . . . and began shooting students he saw in the hallways," according to court papers filed Thursday afternoon.

                        

"Cruz stated that he brought additional loaded magazines to the school campus and kept them hidden in a backpack until he got on campus to begin his assault," according to an arrest affidavit.

Cruz appeared in court on Thursday with an orange jumpsuit on charges of premeditated murder in the killing of 17 students and faculty at the school.

The presiding judge,  Judge Kim Theresa Mollica ordered that Cruz be detained without bonds on the 17 count of murder.

Before the trial,  Chief Assistant Public Defender Gordon Weekes, which office is defending Cruz said that the suspect is a “deeply troubled child who has endured a lot of emotional trauma in a short period of time.” and had trouble since the death of his mother.

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A lone gunman had attacked Umqua College school Roseberg, Oregon, killng 9 people. The names of the victims have now been announced as family and friends braced up themselves, while they listen to the names of people that died in the shootout.

                  

                               Some pictures of Oregon shooting

Lawrence Levine

Lawrence Levine,67, was the creative writing teacher at the college and was taking a class when the young man arrived. Friends and family gathered in his home to mourn the death of their good friend and brother.

              

Lucero Alcaraz 

 The 19-year old nursing student of UCC was also part of the attack, her grieving sister, mourned her on Facebook with this words:

Lucero, I miss you I wish you were here. I can't sleep. I never got the chance to tell you how proud of you I was. You would have been a great pediatric nurse. I was so proud of you for getting you college completely paid through scholarships and you made it into college honors. You were going to do great things love. I ache so much right now… I need you…”

            

Quinn Glen Cooper

18-year old Quinn just graduated high school in June and the day of the shooting was only his fourth day at the college. 

Lucas Eibel

Another victim of the shooting is a 18-year old Lucas. Lucas was a quadruplet with two brothers and a sister. He graduated from Rosenborg high school this year. 

            

Jason Dale Johnson

Jason had just got back from Salvation Army Portland, after a 6-months drug rehabilitation, and he had joined the college. It was his first week at the college  before he was shot.

According to his mother Tonja Johnson Engel;

 He started Monday and he was so proud of what he had accomplished, and rightly so, theother day he looked at me and hugged me and said, 'Mom, how long have you been waiting for one of your kids to go to college?' And I said, 'Oh, about 20 years.

Trevon Taylor

Another victim in the Oregon shooting. He was 20 years old when he was murdered.

         

Sarena Dawn Moore

Ms Moore, 44, was another victim of the shooting spree that killed 9 people.

 Rebecka Carnes

   Rebecka was only 18 when she was killed at the killing spree. In the words of Rebecka Ann, her mom, she wrote ;

Speechless! Your cousins are your first bestfriends I got the pleasure of having this Amazing young lady as mine. She had the biggest heart an amazing soul. The world clearly couldnt handle that much good. But now your flying high with the beautiful angels and you get to be with grandma. I love you so much and am going to miss you! Rest in peace, Rebecka Ann.

  

 

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