Tag: Florida Shooting

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Trump promises background checks on gun owners and floats idea of armed teachers

  

  President Donald Trump floated the idea of arming teachers and promised more stringent background checks on gun owners as he hosted an emotional meeting on Wednesday with students who survived last week’s mass shooting at a Florida school.

• Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Carnage at Florida school: expelled student opens fire and kills at least 17

  

  Police said a former student opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. The shooter, who was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of their classrooms shortly before the school day ended, officials said.