At least one person was injured and a suspect is in custody Friday after a shooting at a high school in Ocala, Florida, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
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On the 19th anniversary of Columbine, survivors of the 1999 Littleton massacre are rallying alongside Parkland survivors, but back in Florida, a shooting has taken place at Forest High School in Ocala. As WSVN 7 reports in the above clip, at least one student was injured in an early morning shooting on campus. CNN reports that a suspect is already in custody, and the injured student (who was shot in the ankle) has been taken to a nearby hospital.
Local 10 ABC News reports that the suspect was also a student at Forest High, a highly-ranked educational institution that has around 2,100 students, and WKMG anchor Amanda Castro has tweeted the below photos from the scene.
https://twitter.com/AmandaNCastro/status/987324950276132867
This photo (which was verified by Castro on Twitter) purportedly shows the view from within a barricaded classroom at Forest High.
https://twitter.com/PSupremeYT/status/987319688907587584
Today, students across the United States will also stage the second National School Walkout (beginning at 10:00 am EST) to demand change and increased gun control laws.
(Via WSVN, CNN & Local 10 ABC)