The attack took place shortly before dismissal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Miami, sending hundreds of panicked students fleeing into the streets while dozens of police and emergency services personnel

Cruz is a former student at the school in Parkland.

Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, is accused of using a legally purchased AR-15-style weapon in Wednesday's attack, moving through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland outside Miami.

Trump has already taken several steps to protect schools and students in the wake of a shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school in February.

The shooting comes as tension is high in schools after a gunman with an assault-style rifle killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

Nikolas Cruz, who admitted to committing the massacre in Parkland, is 20 years old. The other Dick's employee, Alex Degarmo, a 20-year-old resident of Greenwood, Nebraska, posted a resignation letter on his Facebook dated March 2.

Delta announced earlier this week that it is ending discounts for NRA members in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting that killed 17 people.

The massacre was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at a Parkland, Florida school nine months ago. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The gun-control debate reignited in the United States following the deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Students from the school on both sides of the debate have garnered national media attention.

Cruz had been expelled last year from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for disciplinary reasons. In his remarks, Trump called on the nation to "answer hate with love, answer cruelty with kindness."

People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school that reportedly killed and injured multiple people on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.

The video comes after students nationwide walked out of their schools last Wednesday to advocate for gun control in the wake of the Parkland school shooting that left 17 people dead.

The shooting comes just a little more than a month after the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 students and teachers dead. From NTD.tv Recommended Video: Father Who Lost Child Tells Trump: ‘I remember the hug you gave me’

Cole said the walkouts are disrespectful to the victims of the Parkland massacre. He said he would be holding a midday memorial service at the school on Wednesday and invited students to join him.

state-level measure is part of an avalanche of legislative assaults on the constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms that followed high-profile fatal mass shootings such as the Feb. 14, 2018, attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland

Scot Peterson was on duty when a shooter opened fire on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. However, the armed school resource officer failed to enter the school to try to find the shooter and stop him.

A sign on a fence at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 27, 2018.

Bartleman said that one of the major things that needs to change is the “debriefing” process of 911 operators; especially when something major like a school shooting such as Parkland in 2018 or impactful events that affect entire communities.

Cruz faces a number of charges after he is suspected of entering Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February and killing 17 students and teachers, leaving 16 others wounded.

Medical personnel tends to a victim following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday, Feb. 15 after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, north of Miami.

The fire erupted just west of Los Angeles amid strong winds on Nov. 8 and burned through suburban communities and wilderness parklands to the ocean, leaving vast areas of blackened earth and many homes in ashes.

“I’m completely disgusted,” Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, a former mayor of Parkland, whose daughter attends Stoneman Douglas, told the Miami Herald.

A student who used his body to block bullets aimed at his classmates during the Parkland, Florida, school shooting on Feb. 14 finds his life in peril once again.

“I’m completely disgusted,” Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, a former mayor of Parkland, whose daughter attends Stoneman Douglas, told the Miami Herald.

When proposing his plan to better recognize early warning signs, Trump's first key proposal, he brought up the Parkland shooter in Florida, who had multiple red flags but no decisive action was taken.

Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, leaving 17 dead and 16 wounded.

Cruz ultimately killed 17 and wounded 16 in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The shooting on Feb. 14 in Parkland at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 people dead and 16 others wounded. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, allegedly admitted to opening fire at the school.

(Fox screenshot) When he reached parkland and heard about Sionna Brenn and her travails, Jabaley decided she could use a new car—and driving lessons. He paid for both.