Charles Whitman opened fire on the University of Texas campus in 1966. Since then, the images of school shootings across America are almost indistinguishable.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Thursday the school resource officer stationed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas was suspended without pay after he learned the deputy never went into the building when the shooting began.
Senator Lauren Book, D-Plantation helped to bus 100 Marjory Stoneman Douglas students to Tallahassee Wednesday, Feb. 21,2018 to have their voices heard before Legislative leaders.
The student spoke during a remembrance ceremony held on Wednesday, February 21,2018, at FIU.
Miami Heat players talk about wearing patches for the victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Feb. 22,2018.
National Rifle Association executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre said opponents of gun rights „hate individual freedoms“ and want to eliminate the 2nd Amendment. LaPierre spoke at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.
Police officers greeted students arriving at Westlake High School in Waldorf, Maryland, with hugs and high fives to “show they care” in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a Facebook post made on February 20 showed. The officers from the Traffic Operations Unit made the visit as part of a plan to visit schools as students were arriving and personally greet them. The Charles County Sheriff’s Department said that, at first, the students „didn’t know what to make of it,” but that, ultimately, the officers’ presence “put smiles on the teens [sic] faces,” and they planned on continuing to visit schools.
Survivors of the Florida school shooting and hundreds of others descended upon the state capitol Wednesday to demand action on gun control and mental health issues. The rally comes exactly a week after 17 students were killed when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Stoneman Douglas student Tyra Hemans, 19, pleads with senators, including Senate President Joe Negron, for tighter gun control laws after the death of three friends.
Students from West Broward High shutdown small parts of Pines Boulevard west of I-75 with their walkout to protest gun violence.
Amanda Meyer, originally from Strawberry Point, Iowa, filmed herself destroying a gun in response to the mass shooting that happened at a Florida high school. Meyer said she grew up around guns and that her parents always emphasized gun safety. She said the only way she could be sure that her Sig Sauer P229 won’t hurt anyone was by destroying it.
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas baseball team took to the diamond for their first practice following the tragic deaths 17 students and faculty at the school on Feb. 14,2018.
Student Alex Wind, 17, greets West Boca Raton Community High School Students on arrival at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas march for change.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School cross country team held a Run 4 Beigel in honor of Scott Beigel, the cross country coach killed in the mass shooting. The team is asking cross country teams everywhere to run in Beigel’s honor at Pines Trails Park in Parkland.
A funeral was held Tuesday for Gina Rose Montalto, one of the students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. She was remembered as a student known for good grades, and her love of Girl Scouts and sports.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students arrive at Leon High School in Tallahassee Tuesday night, Feb. 20,2018 to huge crowds of students welcoming them.
Students of West Boca High School staged a walkout and left campus to march to Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in the hopes of sending a message on gun violence.
