Here’s what we know about Nikolas Cruz, the suspected 19-year-old gunman in the Florida high school shooting

• Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been identified as the suspect in the high school shooting that killed at least 17 people on Wednesday.
• Cruz was previously expelled from the high school and was described as “quiet and strange” by his peers.
• Comments and photos on social media accounts believed to have belonged to Cruz revealed threats and several firearms.

Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been identified as the suspect in the shooting that killed at least 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday.

Cruz was reportedly armed with an AR-15-styled semiautomatic rifle and “countless magazines,” the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Law enforcement officials familiar with the shooting said Cruz also possessed a gas mask and smoke grenades, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said on CNN.

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