Florida high school gunman was reportedly equipped with smoke grenades, tried blending in with students during escape

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• Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old gunman in the high school shooting that killed at least 17 people on Wednesday, had reportedly done “enormous preparation” for the act.
• Cruz is believed to have been equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades.
• He reportedly pulled the school’s fire alarm in the hope of causing massive casualties.

A lawmaker said the Florida high school gunman that killed at least 17 people on Wednesday had done “enormous preparation” for the act and was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades.

Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said law enforcement officials had briefed him on 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, the shooter who carried out the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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