Social media videos showed terror from Florida shooting that left 17 dead

Students and passersby alike were in a state of panic when gunfire erupted at a South Florida high school on Wednesday — and the internet was able to watch in almost real time.

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Social media users shared heart-rending scenes, including one recorded from within his classroom that shows several students sitting or lying down on the floor in between desks.

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A caption on the video says the school is “getting shot up.” Loud bangs are heard, eliciting screams and curses in the background, then at the end of the video, a still image of a computer screen with bullet holes is shown.

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Another video that comes from the Snap Map feature, which geotags video location, shows a slew of police cars stuck in traffic near the school in Parkland, Florida. Police sirens screech loudly in the background. When the next Snapchat story appears, a television above a chimney shows a local news channel premiering from an elevated view the chaos by the school.

Another video shot from within a car going by the scene has a caption that reads, “I’m super sad I just saw mad kids hiding in the busheses [sic].” In the footage, armed police officers crouch at raised highway ledge, peering down on the scene from below.

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One video filmed by a student shows other terrified students crouching under and behind desks. The girl in the middle clutches her hand over her mouth as gun shots blare near Douglas High.

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The shooting, which began at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, resulted in the deaths of 17 people, both inside and outside of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, officials said.

Broward County police said that suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, is a former Douglas High student who had been expelled. He was taken into custody about an hour after the shooting.