A student walks past the media at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Students returned to class for the first time since a former student opened fire there... (Associated Press) 
 
 PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the return of students and teachers to classes following the killings of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School(all times local): 
 
 9:20 a.m. 
 
 Students are returning to the Florida high school where 17 were killed in a shooting two weeks ago, but they've been told to leave their backpacks at home. 
 
 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School principal Ty Thomas said in a tweet that "our focus is on emotional readiness and comfort not curriculum: so there is no need for backpacks." 
 
 About 50 armed officers were on hand as students returned to the school Wednesday morning. 
 
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 8:30 a.m. 
 
 Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately end sales of assault-style rifles in its stores and won't sell guns to anyone under 21 years old following the school massacre in Parkland, Florida. 
 
 Dick's Chairman and CEO Edward Stack said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday that after the shooting the company "felt it needed to do something." 
 
 Stack says that the accused gunman, 19-year-old Nickolas Cruz, had purchased a gun at a Dick's store, but not the one used at the school shooting, even though all existing rules were followed. Stack says the system that's in place won't stop sales to dangerous people and said lawmakers must do something. 
 
 Stack said Dick's is prepared for any potential backlash, but won't change its policies on gun sales. 
 
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 7:40 a.m. 
 
 One of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students who has become a leader in the anti-assault weapon campaign says he felt scared when he saw a photo of a police officer armed with a rifle outside his school. 
 
 David Hogg said it was a picture of education in fear in this country. Hogg has been calling for an assault weapon ban since the Valentine's Day massacre killed 17 people at his school. 
 
 Hogg has spent the last two weeks making the rounds on network talk shows and speaking with legislators in Tallahassee, seeking gun legislation. 
 
 Students returned to the school Wednesday for the first time since the deadly shooting. 
 
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 7:15 a.m. 
 
 Members of the Broward County Police Benevolent Association handed carnations out to students as they entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks after a former student gunned down 17 people inside the freshman building. 
 
 For Madison Geller, Wednesday offered an opportunity to get back into a routine, in spite of her fears. 
 
 "When I walk in there, I'm going to replay the whole thing in my head. But we have to come here and try to learn," the high school junior said. "This week we will try to be comfortable and get back into the same routine." 
 
 Angelyse Perez, a senior, said returning offers a chance for everyone to "get through this and be together." 
 
 "But I'm graduating," she said. "I just want to get out of here." 
 
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 6:30 a.m. 
 
 Teachers and students are arriving early at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, their first day back after an expelled classmate with an AR-15 killed 17 people in a Valentine's Day massacre that has profoundly altered the lives of survivors. 
 
 A long line of cars bringing people back to the school in Parkland, Florida is being guided by police as dozens of television trucks and vehicles camp out nearby. 
 
 Only students, parents and staff are being allowed through a security cordon. The main entrance is covered with a sign saying "Welcome Back Eagles." 
 
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 2 a.m. 
 
 The walkway leading onto the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is lined with flowers and photographs, memorials to the 17 students and teachers killed in a Valentine's Day massacre that forever altered their lives and thrust them into the center of the nation's gun debate. 
 
 Alexis Grogan, a 15-year-old sophomore, was among those planning to wear maroon, a Stoneman Douglas color, among other things honoring those who died. She said she's nervous after losing her friend Luke Hoyer, who sat two seats behind her in Spanish. Still, she says support from her fellow students and their fight to strengthen gun control laws is keeping her strong. 
 
 Relatives of the victims kept up pressure Tuesday in Florida's capital with emotional testimony during a legislative hearing to discuss raising the age limit to buy long guns from 18 to 21. 
 
 The bill also would create a program that allows teachers who receive law-enforcement training and are deputized by the local sheriff's office to carry concealed weapons in the classroom, if also approved by the school district. The school's superintendent has spoken out firmly against that measure. ||||| Anxious family members watch a rescue vehicle pass by, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT... (Associated Press) 
 
 PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Florida high school (all times local): 
 
 5 p.m. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the shooting suspect is an 18-year-old former student at the South Florida school where the shooting erupted. 
 
 He says the teen was arrested without incident after he was located off the school grounds in a nearby community. He didn't give details of when the suspect had attended the school. But the sheriffs says the suspect wasn't currently enrolled. 
 
 "I don't know why he left," Israel said, briefing reporters Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 He also says the shooter was outside and inside the school at points during the attack. He didn't elaborate. 
 
 The sheriff says several SWAT teams have gone in during the afternoon and are clearing every building at the Parkland high school complex to ensure no other threat remains. 
 
 He also says the FBI has stepped in and will begin processing what he describes as "horrific scene." 
 
 Said the sheriff: "This is a terrible day ... This is catastrophic." 
 
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 4:40 p.m. 
 
 Parents described a chaotic and frightening situation as they rushed to find their children in the frantic minutes after reports of a shooting at a South Florida high school began to spread. 
 
 Caesar Figueroa says he was one of the first parents to arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. He says he saw police officers bringing out big weapons as they approached the school. 
 
 Figueroa's office is only five minutes from the school where he sends his 16-year-old daughter. 
 
 "My wife called me that there was an active shooter and the school was on lockdown. I got on the road and saw helicopters, police with machine guns. It was crazy and my daughter wasn't answering her phone." 
 
 According to Figueroa, she texted him that she was hidden inside a closet at school with friends: "She was in a classroom and she heard gunshots by the window. She and her friends ran into the closet." 
 
 Another parent, Beth Feingold, says her daughter sent a text at 2:32 p.m. saying "We're on code red. I'm fine." But she then sent another text soon afterward saying, "Mom, I'm so scared." The girl was later able to escape the school unharmed. 
 
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 4:25 p.m. 
 
 A school official says there are numerous fatalities from the high school shooting in South Florida. 
 
 Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie sayid Wednesday afternoon: "There are numerous fatalities. It is a horrific situation." He added, "It is a horrible day for us." 
 
 The Broward County Sheriff's Office tweeted Wednesday afternoon that "so far we have at least 14 victims." The tweet added: "Victims have been and continue to be transported to Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North hospital." 
 
 The sheriff's statement didn't elaborate on the victims or the extent of their injuries. 
 
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 4:15 p.m. 
 
 The White House has canceled its daily press briefing after a Florida high school shooting that sent students rushing into the streets. 
 
 President Donald Trump has spoken with Florida Gov. Rick Scott about the shooting. He says in a tweet that the White House is "working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting." 
 
 He earlier tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims. 
 
 Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump has offered Florida federal assistance, if needed. The homeland security secretary has also been in touch with state and local officials. 
 
 Sanders says, "We continue to keep the victims, and their friends and family, in our thoughts and prayers." 
 
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 4:10 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say the shooter at a South Florida high school is now in custody. 
 
 The Broward County Sheriff's Office gave no details in briefly tweeting that development. It did not identify the shooting suspect nor say how the person was taken into custody. 
 
 Television footage showed police putting a person in the back of a police car outside the high school. 
 
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 4 p.m. 
 
 Parent John Obin says his son, a freshman at the South Florida high school where the shooting erupted, was in class when he heard several shots. The father says his son advised that teachers quickly rushed students out of the school. He adds the boy told his father that he walked by two people on the ground motionless — and apparently dead — as students rushed outside. 
 
 "This is a really good school, and now it's like a war zone," Obin said 
 
 Coral Springs Police said on their Twitter account Wednesday that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was locked down and that students and teachers inside should remain barricaded until police reach them. 
 
 Outside, televised news footage showed two people on stretchers and another person being treated on the ground at an intersection near the scene of the school. Paramedics were treating those who appeared to be students with injuries, but it wasn't clear how they were hurt. A few students were loaded into ambulances. 
 
 One unidentified student told a reporter at the scene that at first students thought it was a fire drill because they had heard fire alarms going off. 
 
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 3:55 p.m. 
 
 The shooting at a South Florida high school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Police were warning that the shooter was still at large even as ambulances converged on the scene and emergency workers appeared to be treating those possibly wounded. 
 
 Aerial television news footage showed police in olive fatigues, with weapons drawn, entering the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Then dozens of students could be seen frantically running and others quickly walking out. A police officer waved the students on, urging them to quickly evacuate the school. 
 
 Some students exited the building in single-file rows with hands raised overhead to show they carried no weapons. Others held onto other students as they made their way out past helmeted police in camouflage with weapons drawn. 
 
 Emergency medical personnel pulled stretchers from the backs of ambulances as police cars surrounded the parking lot. At least one person was seen being wheeled to the ambulance on a gurney. It wasn't immediately clear how many people were wounded. 
 
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 3:45 p.m. 
 
 Len Murray's 17-year-old son, a junior at the South Florida high school where shooting was reported, sent his parents a chilling text: "Mom and Dad, there have been shots fired on campus at school. There are police sirens outside. I'm in the auditorium and the doors are locked." 
 
 Those words came at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. A few minutes later, he texted again: "I'm fine." 
 
 Murray raced to the school only to be stopped by authorities under a highway overpass within view of the school buildings in Parkland. 
 
 No information was immediately given to parents, Len Murray says. And he says he remained worried for all those inside. 
 
 "I'm scared for the other parents here. You can see the concern in everybody's faces. Everybody is asking, 'Have you hard from your child yet?'" 
 
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 3:15 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say a shooter at a Florida high school is still at large. 
 
 The Broward Sheriff's Office shared the information on its Twitter account after Wednesday afternoon's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 It wasn't immediately clear how many people were wounded. 
 
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 2:30 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say they're responding to a shooting at a Florida high school. 
 
 The Broward Sheriff's Office has told news outlets the shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 It wasn't immediately clear how many people were wounded. ||||| Parents meet at a hotel in Coral Springs, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, to pick up their children, following a shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla. A former student opened... (Associated Press) 
 
 Parents meet at a hotel in Coral Springs, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, to pick up their children, following a shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla. A former student opened fire at the Florida high school Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people and sending scores of... (Associated Press) 
 
 PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly shooting at a Florida high school (all times local): 
 
 9:55 p.m. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the 19-year-old suspect in the deadly school shooting, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for "disciplinary reasons." 
 
 Israel says he doesn't know the specifics of what happened. 
 
 But Victoria Olvera, a 17-year-old junior, says Cruz was expelled last school year after a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. 
 
 School officials haven't confirmed such accounts, but say Cruz was attending another school in Florida's Broward County after his expulsion. 
 
 One 17-year-old junior, Dakota Mutchler, says he used to be friends with Cruz but hadn't seen him in more than a year after his expulsion. He says of Cruz: "He started progressively getting a little more weird." 
 
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 This story has been corrected show that Dakota's last name is Mutchler, not Mentcher. 
 
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 9:30 p.m. 
 
 Florida Gov. Rick Scott has joined law enforcement agents near the site of the deadly school shooting and offered his condolences to the victims' families and survivors. He says the attack that claimed at least 17 lives "is just absolutely pure evil." 
 
 Scott told reporters Wednesday evening he can't imagine what the families of the victims are going through. He also said he would be visiting hospitalized survivors. 
 
 Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County also said at the news conference that 12 of the dead have been identified but some weren't carrying identification and that slowed confirmation efforts. The families are being notified. 
 
 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says the state will cover funeral expenses for the victims and counseling for survivors. 
 
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 9:15 p.m. 
 
 A law enforcement official says the former student suspected of killing at least 17 people at a South Florida high school posted highly disturbing material on social media before the shooting rampage. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said Wednesday the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for unspecified disciplinary reasons. 
 
 Israel says investigators are dissecting the suspect's social media posts and found material that is "very, very disturbing." He didn't elaborate. 
 
 An ex-schoolmate recalled Cruz posting on Instagram about killing animals and said he talked of doing target practice in his backyard with a pellet gun. 
 
 A school superintendent, Robert Runcie, told reporters he didn't know of any concerns raised about Cruz. 
 
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 8:35 p.m. 
 
 A student who escaped the deadly shooting at a Florida high school says he knew the suspect when he attended the school, describing him as a "weird kid" and something of a "loner." 
 
 Authorities said 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz is in custody after the attack Wednesday that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Officials say Cruz was a former student, having been expelled from the school. 
 
 Student Daniel Huerfano told The Associated Press he remembers seeing Cruz walking around the school with his lunch bag, adding, "He was that weird kid that you see ... like a loner." 
 
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 8:15 p.m. 
 
 Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida says he is "devastated and saddened" by the deadly shooting attack on a high school in his state. 
 
 The Republican senator says he remains ready to assist state and local officials and "anyone impacted by this horrible tragedy." He also said in his statement Wednesday that he hopes authorities can find out in coming hours and days more about why and how the killer "carried out this carnage." 
 
 Meanwhile, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida has also issued condolences. She called the attack in Parkland, Florida, "another senseless school shooting ... this time in our community." 
 
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 7:50 p.m. 
 
 Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords says the deadly school shooting in Florida should "strike fear into all Americans." 
 
 The Democrat from Arizona was shot in the head and survived a shooting attack in 2011. 
 
 She said in a statement Wednesday that her heart goes out to the victims and survivors of the school shooting that claimed 17 lives in Parkland, Florida. She called it the latest attack in an epidemic of gun violence that continues "days after deadly day." 
 
 She also says in a statement that the latest in a series of deadly U.S. shootings should stir fresh resolve in Congress to "find the courage to pass the laws we need to protect our children." 
 
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 7:30 p.m. 
 
 Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida says the shooter in the attack on a high school in his state wore a gas mask and had smoke grenades. 
 
 The Florida Democrat said in an interview with CNN that he was briefed on the attack by the FBI. 
 
 Nelson says the attacker "set off the fire alarm so the kids would come pouring out of the classrooms into the hall. And there the carnage began." 
 
 Nelson says he did not know if the gunman had used the smoke grenades but he assumed that's why he had a gas mask on. 
 
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 7:15 p.m. 
 
 Doctors say 16 people wounded in a deadly shooting at a Florida high school were taken to area hospitals for treatment and two of them have died. 
 
 Dr. Evan Boyar at Broward Health North told reporters Wednesday that eight victims and the suspect had been brought to his hospital. Boyar says two victims died, three were in critical condition and three were in stable condition. He says three patients were still in the operating room Wednesday evening. The suspect was treated and released to police. 
 
 Boyar says all the victims were shot but declined to comment on their ages or the extent of their wounds. 
 
 Eight other victims were taken to other hospitals, but he did not have information on their conditions. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says a 19-year-old former student has been arrested in the shooting that killed 17 people. 
 
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 This item has been clarified to note that 16 people were transported to be treated but two of them died. 
 
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 6:35 p.m. 
 
 Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida says lawmakers have offered their condolences after the latest school shooting, this one in his district. 
 
 Deutch says he found his colleagues' outreach — in his words — both "heartwarming and obscene." Authorities say 17 people died in Wednesday's attack in Parkland, Florida, and the suspect, a 19-year-old former student, is in custody. 
 
 The congressman says he uses the word "obscene" because school shootings have become so commonplace that lawmakers were offering him guidance on what to expect in coming days as constituents grapple with the tragedy. 
 
 Deutch says it's time to find ways to save lives. He says he wants President Donald Trump to call those concerned to the White House to "do something" about gun violence. 
 
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 6:30 p.m. 
 
 A Florida sheriff says that 12 of the 17 confirmed deaths in Wednesday's shooting attack on a high school were found in the school. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the attack began outside the school Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 He told reporters that authorities subsequently found 12 people dead in the building and two more dead just outside the school and one more in a nearby street. Israel says two other people died later under medical treatment. 
 
 Israel says the suspect, a 19-year-old former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is in custody. He says the male suspect was checked out at a hospital after his arrest and is now being held at a secure location in a public building. 
 
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 6:05 p.m. 
 
 A sheriff says 17 people have died in the shooting attack on a South Florida high school. 
 
 Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County says the 19-year-old suspect is in custody and that investigators are beginning to "dissect" what happened in the attack Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 He says the suspect, a former student, was previously expelled for disciplinary reasons. 
 
 Israel says the man had at least one AR-15 rifle as well as multiple magazines. 
 
 He says most of the fatalities were inside the building though some were found fatally shot outside. 
 
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 5:40 p.m. 
 
 A man says he watched as officers arrested the suspect in the shooting at a Florida high school, where authorities are reporting numerous deaths. 
 
 Michael Nembhard told The Associated Press he was in his garage watching TV news coverage of the shooting when he heard a police officer repeatedly yelling, "get on the ground!" 
 
 Nembhard says he looked up to see a teenage boy on the ground about 150 yards (meters) away with an officer pointing a gun at him. The officer stood over the boy until other officers arrived, handcuffed him and led him away. 
 
 A federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity identified the suspect as Nicolas Cruz. The official says he wasn't authorized to discuss it publicly. 
 
 Authorities say the suspect is a former student about 18 years old. 
 
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 5:20 p.m. 
 
 Authorities have identified the Florida school shooting suspect as Nikolas Cruz. 
 
 A federal official who identified the suspect spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The official said he had been briefed on the investigation into the shooting at the South Florida high school, but was not authorized to discuss it publicly. 
 
 Authorities in Florida say the shooter opened fire at the school Wednesday afternoon, killing "numerous" people. The shooting sent frightened students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming the building. 
 
 Authorities later announced that they had taken a former student into custody after locating him off the school grounds. 
 
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 This item has been corrected to show authorities are now identifying the suspect as Nikolas Cruz. Authorities had previously identified the suspect with a different spelling of his first name. 
 
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 5 p.m. 
 
 Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the Florida high school shooting suspect is a former student about 18 years old. 
 
 He says the suspect was arrested without incident off school grounds in a nearby community. He didn't elaborate on when the suspect had attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 A shooter opened fire at the school Wednesday afternoon, killing "numerous" people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took the shooter into custody. 
 
 Israel says the FBI has arrived and will begin processing what he describes as "horrific scene." 
 
 He called it a "catastrophic day." 
 
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 4:40 p.m. 
 
 Parents described scenes of chaos as they rushed to find their frightened children after a shooting at a South Florida high school. 
 
 Caesar Figueroa says he was one of the first parents to arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, seeking his 16-year-old daughter after the shooting there. 
 
 A shooter opened fire at the school Wednesday, killing several people and sending students running out into the streets as SWAT team members swarming in. Authorities later reported they had taken the shooting suspect into custody. 
 
 Figueroa says: "It was crazy and my daughter wasn't answering her phone." 
 
 According to Figueroa, she texted him that she was hidden in a school closet with friends after she heard gunshots. 
 
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 4:25 p.m. 
 
 A school official says there are numerous fatalities from the high school shooting in South Florida. 
 
 Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie sayid Wednesday afternoon: "There are numerous fatalities. It is a horrific situation." He added, "It is a horrible day for us." 
 
 The Broward County Sheriff's Office tweeted Wednesday afternoon that "so far we have at least 14 victims." The tweet added: "Victims have been and continue to be transported to Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North hospital." 
 
 The sheriff's statement didn't elaborate on the victims or the extent of their injuries. 
 
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 4:15 p.m. 
 
 The White House has canceled its daily press briefing after a Florida high school shooting that sent students rushing into the streets. 
 
 President Donald Trump has spoken with Florida Gov. Rick Scott about the shooting. He says in a tweet that the White House is "working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting." 
 
 He earlier tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims. 
 
 Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump has offered Florida federal assistance, if needed. The homeland security secretary has also been in touch with state and local officials. 
 
 Sanders says, "We continue to keep the victims, and their friends and family, in our thoughts and prayers." 
 
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 4:10 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say the shooter at a South Florida high school is now in custody. 
 
 The Broward County Sheriff's Office gave no details in briefly tweeting that development. It did not identify the shooting suspect nor say how the person was taken into custody. 
 
 Television footage showed police putting a person in the back of a police car outside the high school. 
 
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 4 p.m. 
 
 Parent John Obin says his son, a freshman at the South Florida high school where the shooting erupted, was in class when he heard several shots. The father says his son advised that teachers quickly rushed students out of the school. He adds the boy told his father that he walked by two people on the ground motionless — and apparently dead — as students rushed outside. 
 
 Obin says: "This is a really good school, and now it's like a war zone." 
 
 Coral Springs Police said on their Twitter account Wednesday that Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was locked down and that students and teachers inside should remain barricaded until police reach them. 
 
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 3:55 p.m. 
 
 The shooting at a South Florida high school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Police were warning that the shooter was still at large even as ambulances converged on the scene and emergency workers appeared to be treating those possibly wounded. 
 
 Aerial television news footage showed police in olive fatigues, with weapons drawn, entering the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Then dozens of students could be seen frantically running and others quickly walking out. A police officer waved the students on, urging them to quickly evacuate the school. 
 
 Some students exited the building in single-file rows with hands raised overhead to show they carried no weapons. Others held onto other students as they made their way out past helmeted police in camouflage with weapons drawn. 
 
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 3:45 p.m. 
 
 Len Murray's 17-year-old son, a junior at the South Florida high school where shooting was reported, sent his parents a chilling text: "Mom and Dad, there have been shots fired on campus at school. There are police sirens outside. I'm in the auditorium and the doors are locked." 
 
 Those words came at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. A few minutes later, he texted again: "I'm fine." 
 
 Murray raced to the school only to be stopped by authorities under a highway overpass within view of the school buildings in Parkland. 
 
 No information was immediately given to parents, Len Murray says. And he says he remained worried for all those inside. 
 
 "I'm scared for the other parents here. You can see the concern in everybody's faces. Everybody is asking, 'Have you hard from your child yet?'" 
 
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 3:15 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say a shooter at a Florida high school is still at large. 
 
 The Broward Sheriff's Office shared the information on its Twitter account after Wednesday afternoon's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 It wasn't immediately clear how many people were wounded. 
 
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 2:30 p.m. 
 
 Authorities say they're responding to a shooting at a Florida high school. 
 
 The Broward Sheriff's Office has told news outlets the shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 
 
 It wasn't immediately clear how many people were wounded. 
 
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 Associated Press writers Terry Spencer, Kelli Kennedy, Jennifer Kay, Jason Dearen, Freida Frisaro, David Fischer, Ian Mader, Curt Anderson, Adriana Gomez Licon, Gary Fineout, Lisa Pane and Josh Replogle contributed to this report. 
 
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– Members of the Broward County Police Benevolent Association handed carnations out to students as they entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks after a former student gunned down 17 people inside the freshman building. A long line of cars bringing people back to the school in Parkland, Fla., was guided by police as dozens of television trucks and vehicles camped out nearby. About 50 armed officers were on hand, and only students, parents, and staff were allowed through a security cordon. The main entrance is covered with a sign saying "Welcome Back Eagles." Students were told to leave their backpacks at home. Principal Ty Thomas said in a tweet Tuesday that "our focus is on emotional readiness and comfort not curriculum: so there is no need for backpacks. Come ready to start the healing process and #RECLAIMTHENEST." For Madison Geller, Wednesday offered an opportunity to get back into a routine, in spite of her fears, reports the AP. "When I walk in there, I'm going to replay the whole thing in my head. But we have to come here and try to learn," the high school junior said. "This week we will try to be comfortable and get back into the same routine." Angelyse Perez, a senior, said returning offers a chance for everyone to "get through this and be together. But I'm graduating," she said. "I just want to get out of here."