An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group has been charged with murder over the deaths of 17 people who were shot at a Florida high school. An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group has been charged with murder over the deaths of 17 people who were shot at a Florida high school. School shooting suspect 'a member of a white nationalist group who want Florida to become white ethno-state'Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used in the assault at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement officials said. It was the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Students released from a lockdown embrace following following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

Source: Irish Independent February 15, 2018 19:30 UTC