Parkland, Florida school shooting victims – how many people died and where is Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school?

SEVENTEEN pupils and staff were killed by a teen gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Another 17 were wounded by expelled former pupil Nikolas Cruz, 19, in Parkland, near Miami in south Florida.

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Who are the victims of the Florida shooting?

Fourteen students and three staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School lost their lives in the massacre on February 14, 2018.

Chris Hixon, the high school's athletics director and an Iraq military vet, was among those killed.

Hero football coach Aaron Feis is reported to have jumped in front of his students to shield them from the bullets.

These are the confirmed victims of the massacre:

• Meadow Pollack, 18
• Alaina Petty, 14
• Jaime Guttenberg, 14
• Peter Wang, 15
• Martin Duque, 14
• Nicholas Dworet, 17
• Alyssa al-Hadeff, 15
• Helena Ramsay, 17
• Carmen Schentrup, 16
• Joaquin Oliver, 17
• Luke Hoyer, 15
• Gina Montalto, 14
• Cara Loughran, 14
• Alex Schachter, 14
• Scott Beigel, 35
• Aaron Feis, 37
• Chris Hixon, 49

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Who is gunman Nikolas Cruz?

Nikolas Cruz, 19, had been expelled from high school for unspecified disciplinary reasons.

On Valentine's Day he returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland armed with an AR-15 rifle.

The shooter reportedly travelled to the school in an Uber and fled by hiding among the panicking crowds.

Then he calmly walked into a McDonald's and a Subway "to celebrate" with fast food.

The teenager surrendered to police in nearby Coral Springs and was taken in for questioning.

He has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and is awaiting trial.

In August, video of a police interview hours after his arrest showed Nikolas sobbing uncontrollably in his brother Zachary's arms after allegedly confessing to the murders.

A 217-page transcript of police interviews revealed Cruz has said he heard voices in his head which he claimed told him to buy guns and "burn, kill, destroy".

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