PARKLAND, Fla. (WAND) – A shaken community paid its respects days after last week's deadly shooting.
Nikolas Cruz, 19, is accused of firing a AR-15 gun on Feb. 14 inside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. On Wednesday, the district held a moment of silence in honor of the victims and their families.
The moment came at 10:17 a.m. across the Broward Schools district.
“Our hearts are with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School community,” the district said in a tweet posted Wednesday morning.
The mass shooting killed 17 people and left over a dozen other people injured. Gunfire started in the high school after 2 p.m., when police believe Cruz pulled a fire alarm to try and lure students into the hallways.
Cruz is in police custody this week.
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