‘Like sitting ducks’: Education secretary tours Parkland school shooting site, speaks with victims
Next month will mark six years since the tragic 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, when a shooter armed with an AR-15 style rifle shot and killed 17 staff and students, injuring another 17.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas principal aims to expel teens who left student hospitalized from attack
Five teenage boys are facing felony charges after police said they were caught on camera jumping a victim and body-slamming him in a Coral Springs parking lot used by students at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
This Week in South Florida: Joel Rudman
One of the lawmakers who got a firsthand look for the first time at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School murder scene this weekend had filed a bill over the summer that would shorten the waiting period for gun purchases put in place by the MSD Public Safety Act.
Judge in Parkland civil case against Peterson schedules reenactment of school massacre
The judge in the civil case brought by four families who lost children in the Parkland school shooting, along with a survivor of the massacre, granted their request to conduct a reenactment of the shooting in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 1200 building.
Judge in Parkland civil case allows for reenactment of shooting
The judge in the civil case brought by four families who lost children in the Parkland school shooting, along with a survivor of the massacre, granted their request to conduct a reenactment of the shooting in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 1200 building.
School board members who lost loved ones in Parkland describe ‘painful’ visit to 1200 building
The Parkland school shooting prompted a widow and a mother to serve on Broward County’s school board. On Friday, the two women shared their experiences walking through the building where the massacre happened.
‘A horror movie’: Parkland father Max Schachter describes harrowing visit to 1200 building
On Thursday, more families of the victims — as well as survivors — of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre visited the building where their loved ones, colleagues and classmates were killed more than five years ago.
Verdict watch: Fate of former Parkland school resource deputy now in hands of jury
Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of a former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of failing to confront the shooter who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago. Now a six-member jury will decide his fate.
WATCH LIVE: Trial continues for former Parkland school resource deputy
The trial continues Tuesday for the former Parkland school resource deputy who is charged with failing to confront school shooter Nikolas Cruz as he killed six people and injured four others on the third floor of the 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
WATCH LIVE: Day 5 of trial for ex Parkland school deputy accused of taking cover during shooting
The trial continues Tuesday for former Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson, who is accused of taking cover instead of entering the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland where Nikolas Cruz carried out a mass shooting, leaving 17 people dead.
All clear given after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School placed on ‘secure code’
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a “suspicious phone call” received by the agency Wednesday that led to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School being placed on a “secure code,” school district officials confirmed.
Parkland sentencing hearing: US Navy flight officer was serving on coast of Iran when she lost her father-in-law
Ines Maria Hixon said the U.S. Navy deployed her on a U.S. Aircraft carrier off the coast of Iran. The day her father-in-law Christopher Hixon died while trying to stop the Parkland school shooter, she said she was flying a military plane and didn’t get to check her e-mail.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 15 in penalty phase is Joaquin Oliver Padauy
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 15 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 6 in penalty phase is Alyssa Alhadeff
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count six of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooter’s death penalty trial: Detective reads ominous comments, searches
The Broward County prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter called Broward Sheriff’s Office Detective Nicholas Masters on July 27 to testify in court about the digital evidence his team uncovered.
Parkland shooter’s actions after school massacre discussed during Day 4 of sentencing trial
The state spent Thursday’s shorter hearing speaking to more witnesses and discussing how Nikolas Cruz was trying to blend in with the public after fatally shooting 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Center formed in wake of Parkland shooting collecting letters for Uvalde victims’ families
A South Florida wellness center formed in the wake of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland is collecting letters from the community to present to families affected by last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Broward Health unveils sculpture in honor of Parkland school shooting victims
Nicholas Dworet was a star swimmer and had signed a scholarship letter of intent to swim for the University of Indianapolis when a shooter killed him and 16 others on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was 17 when he died and would have celebrated his 22nd birthday last week.
Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI's inaction
Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.
Former BSO Deputy Scot Peterson permitted to visit Parkland school to prepare for trial
A defense motion has passed to allow former Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy Scot Peterson to visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff members were killed in February 2018 under his watch, his attorney confirmed to Local 10 News on Friday.
Parkland gun control activist dad continues protest outside White House for more than a week
Manuel Oliver traveled from South Florida to Washington, D.C., about eight days ago and he has been standing in front of the White House to demand action on gun violence. Dozens of other students and parents joined the protest on Thursday.
After yet another fatal school shooting, Parkland gun control activist dad travels to White House
Manuel Oliver traveled to Washington, D.C., and on Thursday he stood in front of the White House. His son Joaquin “Guac” Oliver was among the 17 victims of the Valentine’s Day 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Student arrested after threat made against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
A 17-year-old student has been arrested after the Broward Sheriff’s Office was notified about a threat on social media this week that targeted Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where 17 people were killed in a school shooting in February 2018.