UPDATES: Police scanner traffic saying another suspect may be involved and on the loose. Students saying another gunman was observed wearing an orange shirt. Suspect detained: Nikolas Cruz.
At least 50 people, some of them students, have been hit by gunfire at a Florida high school. An active shooter situation is ongoing as the shooter is still on the loose, according to Coral Springs police. Authorities are investigating an incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. New reports from the scene say the shooter is a fellow student. Police know his identity and are searching for the suspect.
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The school located at 5901 Pine Island Road over reports of a shooting.
A number of people could be seen being loaded into ambulances on a stretcher.
CBS4’s Rick Folbaum was speaking over text message with a student at the school who is hiding in a closet.
“All of a sudden there was a really loud noise…..people are crying the closet,” the student wrote to him.
The school is on lockdown at this time.
Officers are asking people to avoid the area. source