Shocking Florida shooting

Many shocking incidents are happening all over the world,
however most don’t realize it until it happens directly in the United States.
I’m not talking about natural disasters or a shipwreck; no, I’m talking about
mass shootings. There have been many mass shootings in the U.S., but this
shooting is one of the most devastating one out of all of
them.
As
most people know, on February 14th, 2018 a tragic event occurred at
a high school in Parkland, Florida A 19-year-old gunman, Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people and injured many more after.
Cruz was an expelled former student, who was roundly armed when he began his
upsetting rampage. As he got to Marjory Stonemason Douglas High
School he began shooting teachers and students in hallways and inside five
classrooms. After the shooting ammunition, a rifle, and a vest were found in a
stairwell, he then blended in with student’s who were dashing from the
incident. Cruz was caught walking down a street in Coral Springs, then arrested
by police and taken into custody. It questions everyone today, why he would do
such a thing, especially to high school students. These are teenagers ready to
start their lives, but it was taken away.
Cruz was an orphan due to the passing of
his parents. Cruz’s mother died in November
and his father died years earlier. “His mother was his entire life and when he
lost her, I believe that was it for the boy’s peace of mind,” Paul Gold, a
former neighbor of Cruz, told The New York Times”.“He had emotional problems and
I believe he was diagnosed with autism,” Mr. Gold said of Nikolas Cruz. “He had
trouble controlling his temper. He broke things. He would do that sometimes at
our house when he lost his temper. But he was always very apologetic
afterwards.” There was no reason, Cruz should’ve stayed home and kept the gun
locked at home. Just because he had “issues” doesn’t mean it was right for him
to shoot up the school. Most people who go through depression, bullying,
difficult times, don’t think about shooting a school. This was uncalled for and
they’re always ways around these problems.
It is very terrifying that this heartbreaking moment had to
happen. Schools all over the U.S have been cancelling school due to threats. As
for superintendent
Robert Runcie he described the shooting as an “unspeakable tragedy”
representing “the worst of humanity”, “No parent should ever have to send their
kids to school and have them not return”, “We’ve got to find a way for this to
stop.” Indeed, we do. And for the injured, I hope they have a painless
recovery. It time for this to become positive and share love with one another.
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Bianca Cavazos
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