Nikolas Cruz: Troubled suspect had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School  —  Sun Sentinel  —  Adopted at birth by a loving older couple, Nikolas Cruz seemed to struggle in recent years.  His dad died when he was much younger and the 19-year-old's mom died just 3 ½ months ago …

Amid massacre, a story of courage: Reports say football coach stepped in front of bullets  —  When a shooter opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County on Wednesday afternoon, reports emerged on Twitter of a football coach jumping in front of students to protect them from the shooter.

Stoneman Douglas assistant football coach Aaron Feis killed responding to shooting: ‘That is not firecrackers’  —  Sun Sentinel  —  Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach and security guard at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, was among the 17 people shot and killed Wednesday at the Parkland high school.

After Sandy Hook, More Than 430 People Have Been Shot in 273 School Shootings  —  When a gunman killed 20 first graders and six adults with an assault rifle at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, it rattled Newtown, Conn., and reverberated across the world.  Since then, there have been at least 273 school shootings nationwide.

Florida Shooting: Trump Laments ‘Terrible Violence’ But Avoids Mention of Gun Control  —  PARKLAND, Fla. — President Trump said on Thursday that he would make school safety the top priority when he meets with the nation's governors later this month, following one of the deadliest school shootings in modern American history.

Media Push The Claim There Have Been 18 School Shootings In 2018.  Here Are The Facts.  —  In the wake of the horrific school shooting on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, various news outlets, seemingly trying to convince the public that an astronomical number …

Nikolas Cruz, Florida Shooting Suspect, Was Expelled From School  —  The man suspected of opening fire inside a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, is a former student who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons, the authorities said.

The White House Flouts the First Rule of Crisis Communications: Get the Facts Out Fast  —  WASHINGTON — By the time the furor over a presidential aide accused of spousal abuse reached week two, the White House account of what happened became less clear, not more.  The contradictions were multiplying.