Mr Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Authorities acknowledged that the tips to the FBI were not the only indications that Mr Cruz was troubled. Mr Cruz had been expelled for undisclosed disciplinary reasons from the school where the attack occurred. Some relatives and friends of shooting victims blamed Florida's lenient gun laws, which allow an 18-year-old to buy an assault rifle. Mr Trump did not respond when asked if the nation's gun laws needed to be changed, then walked into another room.

Source: Bangkok Post February 17, 2018 06:00 UTC