By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-17-victims-of-the-florida-high-school-shooting Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The 17 victims of the Florida high school shooting Nation Feb 15, 2018 6:43 PM EDT Seventeen people were killed Wednesday when a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire on the building. They included the school’s athletic director, an ROTC student and a geography teacher who blocked a door to keep students safe, according to the Associated Press. The suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, confessed Thursday to shooting students and staff, according to a report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Cruz was charged with 17 counts of murder earlier today. Multiple vigils are planned in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida, on Thursday evening. Here is a full list of victims released by Broward County’s Sheriff’s Office. Carmen Schentrup, 16 Meadow Pollack, 18 Peter Wang, 15 Nicholas Dworet, 17 Christopher Hixon, 49 Aaron Feis, 37 Luke Hoyer, 15 Alaina Petty, 14 Jaime Guttenberg, 14 Martin Duque Anguiano, 14 Alyssa Alhadeff, 14 Helena Ramsay, 17 Scott Beigel, 35 Joaquin Oliver, 17 Cara Loughran, 14 Gina Montalto, 14 Alexander Schachter, 14 READ MORE: What we know about the Florida school shooting Sheriff’s report says suspect confessed to Florida school attack WATCH: Trump vows to ‘tackle’ mental health after Florida shooting, does not mention guns Obama on Florida shooting: We are grieving, ‘but we are not powerless’ Leader of white nationalist group says Florida shooting suspect was a member Lots of talk, little action in Congress after shootings Officer says shooting suspect looked like typical student By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Corinne is the Senior Multimedia Web Editor for NewsHour Weekend. She serves on the advisory board for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. @cesegal
Seventeen people were killed Wednesday when a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire on the building. They included the school’s athletic director, an ROTC student and a geography teacher who blocked a door to keep students safe, according to the Associated Press. The suspect, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, confessed Thursday to shooting students and staff, according to a report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Cruz was charged with 17 counts of murder earlier today. Multiple vigils are planned in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida, on Thursday evening. Here is a full list of victims released by Broward County’s Sheriff’s Office. Carmen Schentrup, 16 Meadow Pollack, 18 Peter Wang, 15 Nicholas Dworet, 17 Christopher Hixon, 49 Aaron Feis, 37 Luke Hoyer, 15 Alaina Petty, 14 Jaime Guttenberg, 14 Martin Duque Anguiano, 14 Alyssa Alhadeff, 14 Helena Ramsay, 17 Scott Beigel, 35 Joaquin Oliver, 17 Cara Loughran, 14 Gina Montalto, 14 Alexander Schachter, 14 READ MORE: What we know about the Florida school shooting Sheriff’s report says suspect confessed to Florida school attack WATCH: Trump vows to ‘tackle’ mental health after Florida shooting, does not mention guns Obama on Florida shooting: We are grieving, ‘but we are not powerless’ Leader of white nationalist group says Florida shooting suspect was a member Lots of talk, little action in Congress after shootings Officer says shooting suspect looked like typical student