wplg, our affiliate in miami, is reporting that the gunman has been arrested. the aerial shot that we had of the person in the burgundy shot was indeed the gunman. this is preliminary in the investigation but this is what our local affiliate is being told. that being said, several students from the school are now tweeting that they're being led out of the school, that they are okay. that being said, senator bill nelson has reportedly said there are many deaths in this case, many fatalities. >> that's coming from florida senator bill nelson right now. we've heard from other police that one person confirmed dead from an eye witness on the scene. at least two others dedad and w know up to 20 injured. >> there are local media reports that we are working to confirm that that person you saw in custody there who looks to be a young person was a student possibly at one of the two schools that are next to each other. if that were to be the case, that would stand to reason why it would be so difficult for police to find this kid so quickly. like we said, possibly 4500 st

and the new images coming in tonight from our abc station, wplg. the pictures from inside the school. what they reveal. tonight, the white house is asked about ar-15s. should there be age limits for buyers? the shooter was 18 when he bought his legally. abc's mary bruce leading us off. >> reporter: as survivors of the florida school shooting tonight travel by bus to the state capitol to demand action, vowing washington is next, at the white house, they're already feeling the pressure. tonight, answering questions about what president trump is going to do about the mass smoot shootings in america. 17 dead in florida. 58 in las vegas. 26 dead in sutherland springs, texas. late today, the white house pressed repeatedly -- does the president have any ideas? john roberts from fox news. >> sarah, you mentioned a deranged individual took the lives of 17 people at parkland. that's after a deranged individual took dozens of lives in las vegas, in the wake of which, the president offered some support for the idea of bank bump stocks, which seems to have fall

images obtained by abc station wplg after the shootings. they are difficult, and they are a reminder of the students and teachers who had to dive under desks and into closets to survive. 17 did not. here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: tonight, we're seeing haunting images from inside empty freshman classrooms of stoneman douglas high school. the photos show a door's class shattered. police believe smashed by the butt of nikolas cruz's rifle, as student scrambled to hide under desks. textbooks left open, earphones abandoned on a desk. the classroom here seen from a hallway. and we're now learning more about the suspected shooter through his education plan first obtained by abc affiliate wplg. it shows cruz was attending a school for emotionally and behaviorally disabled students in 2015. administrators noting, while he was making progress at the alternative school, he was reported to be "distracted by inappropriate conversations of his peers if the topic is about guns, people being killed or the armed forces." dottie provenzano is a fo

wplg, the abc station in south florida, is now reporting on word from parents. a mother said my daughter is locked in the auditorium. she texted me. she said mom, stay away. she said she's scared as she heard the gun shots. she said mom, i don't want to go to school tomorrow. another mother, my daughter texted me she's okay. the teacher locked the door and they're huddled in the back of the classroom. she's terrified but they can text. they're doing what the authorities told them to do. barricade yourself in the school. now students are being brought out by authorities. hands in the air as is protocol. wsvn 7 covering this. craig stevens has more. >> you're seeing all of these students here are -- and teachers are being escorted here across the roadway. the road is pine island right there where all the police officers are set up near the command post. one other piece of information we want to share with you that we were able to develop a short time ago along with that evacuation, they did find a teacher. i don't want to put the room number out. they identified t

you can't see there now but we're looking at images from moments ago, wplg, it looks like a young man, a white man in a maroon shirt is being put in a police car. you're saying that you don't know it is the same person police suspect to be the shooter. do police suspect it is only one shooter, sir? >> when i was told about 30 minutes ago, that they suspected the shooter and they suspected they knew his identity. i want you to know that for the people of florida, we are praying for the families and the student victims. >> the individual in question, possibly the shooter, is it believed he is a student? >> i'm not at liberty to tell you that. >> you said there were many fatalities. unfortunately in this day and age, com mean dozens. >> it was described as a number of fatalities. i said another source said many. i don't know the number. >> we've heard from local reporters on the ground talking to emergency workers, up to 20 injuries. up to 20 wounded. and a fire chief told the miami herald one fatality at the very least. you're saying that according to the school superintendent, it is mo

can crew attended a school for behaviorally disabled students in 2015 according to local affiliate wplg. documents show the school was aware he was fascinated by the use of guns. james and kimberly snead took cruz into their home in november. >> everything everybody seems to know we didn't know. we had no idea. we knew he was depressed. >> reporter: funerals were held today for four victims, 14-year-old cara loughran, 14-year-old gina montalto, 16-year-old carmen schentrup, and 15-year-old peter wang, who was posthumously admitted to the u.s. military academy at west point today. some of the students attended funerals this morning, and say they're fighting in the names of their friends. what's your greatest hope is yoo my greatest hope is that we can be the last school shooting, we can be the change that this world has needed for a long time. >> reporter: when the buses roll in tonight, they will be greeted by local students. tomorrow, they'll be split up into groups of 10 to meet with lawmakers. they say they know this will be a tough fight, and they're still discussing exactly what to

first obtained by our miami station wplg.t's him in the white shirt in a brawl with several students last year. the family who welcomed the alleged shooter into their home saying, we had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know. kimberly snead and her husband james telling "the sun sentinel" newspaper, everybody seems to know, we didn't know. the 19-year-old pictured at his mother's funeral. he moved in with the sneads after her death. they say he followed every rule of their home to the "t." and he was battling depression. they took him to a therapist. the day before the massacre, she said she left home to run errands. by the time she returned, he was gone. the next and last time they saw him, he was in custody. they say he apologized. one classmate saying he likely waited for valentine's day to carry out his plan. >> love was something nik never really understood. and i feel like that valentine's day might have been a trigger as to why that day was the day that he chose to do this. >> reporter: we know that the

exclus i photos from wplg.of the classrooms in the freshman building where the shooting took place. you can see open textbooks and a student's headphones left on a desk. you can also see a broken window on one of the classroom doors, believed to have been shattered by the gunman so he can fire inside. >>> the army awarded medals of heroism to the three rotc vets who were killed in the shooting. wang was shot after holding a door open so other students could escape. his lifelong dream was going to west point. the military academy honoring the 15-year-old with admission to the school. >> all 30 teams will wear stoneman douglas caps. the players will sign the caps, which will be auctioned off. proceeds will go to the stoneman douglas victim's fund. >>> police in maryland may have foiled a plot to attack a high school. he was arrested at the school. he had a gun in his backpack and knife in his pocket. during a search, authorities found several more weapons, along with an apparent list of grievances against other s

investigators are piecing together clues from his past, including this video obtained by abc affiliate wplgallegedly showing cruz, in a white shirt, fighting at school. student ariana lopez says the fight was over a girl cruz briefly dated. >> he would hit her. he would threaten her. >> reporter: cruz eventually expelled after the fight, but lopez says she and her friends had made multiple reports to school officials before the fight, alerting them to alarming behavior from cruz. >> he texted them, threatening them, saying he was going to kill them and their friends and their families. that he was going to use the guns that he owned. >> reporter: and now, the couple who took cruz into their home last november after his mother died of the flu, breaking their silence. >> everything everybody seems to know, we didn't know. >> we didn't know. >> we had rules. and he followed every rule to the "t." he was very polite. he didn't -- he seemed normal. >> reporter: james and kimberly snead say they never saw what his former neighbors did -- cruelty and killing of animals, or those instagram posts sh

. >> our miami station wplg has uncovered the school board's list of concerns. new documents show school administrators were aware of his obsession with guns. papers indicate the school board was aware that he was preoccupied with wars, terrorism and people getting killed saying the teen was fascinated by guns and felt he needed one to feel safe in the world. >> yeah, everything everybody seems know, we didn't know. >> reporter: the couple who took the suspect into their home last november after his mother died of the flu says they knew he had guns, but they say they were locked away. >> before he moved in, one of the stipulations is he had to get a gun safe, and we got a gun safe on the way back from lantana from moving his stuff to our house. >> he didn't have free access. >> no, i thought i had the only key to the gun safe. >> reporter: it's also been revealed before moving in with the couple, florida's department of children and families visited the suspect's home in 2016 to investigate allegations he was being victimized by his mother. after an investigatio

in that video, first obtained by affiliate wplg. take a look.ows nikolas cruz in an all-out fight with classmates. that is apparently cruz in the white shirt. how did he slip through the cracks when there were so many red flags? from the dozen-plus times police were called to his home, to the florida department of children insbes vags. after photos of cruz cutting himself on snapchat. in tepid, they found no science of neglect and ended the investigation. the fbi saying they got a detailed warning about him before the shooting but that information was not passed on to the appropriate agents. he's being held without bond. he's invoke issed his right to remain silent. being held in solitary confinement and on suicide watch. >> is there any word on when the school will reopen? >> reporter: michael, as of right now, the school is closed through at least wednesday. officials now saying that the building where most of the carnage took place may eventually be torn down. michael? >> thank you, victor. in our next half hour, we'll speak to the parent who

on the left hand side is miami-dade from wplg right there, a number of students if the helicopter can find them also walked out of high schools, demonstrations across the state of florida and thoughts i think across the united states as these students speak up and speak out. other news this morning, president trump, taking a swipe, a new one at his own attorney general this morning asking why jeff session no s at the end is not investigating the obama administration for russian meddling? state with us. >> tech: at safelite autoglass we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why we show you exactly when we'll be there. saving you time, so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ these are the specialists we're proud to call our own. experts from all over the world, working closely together to deliver truly personalized cancer care. expert medicine works here. learn more at cancercenter.com it's league night!? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico!

first obtained by our miami station wplg. that's him in a white shirt in a brawl with several students last year. the family who welcomed the shooter into their home said we had this monster living under our roof and didn't know. kimberly and her husband telling the sun sentinel newspaper says everything everyone seemed to know we didn't know. the alleged killer moving in with the sneeds after his mother's death. he followed every rule of their home to the t but he was battling depression and days before the shooting took him to a therapist. the day of the massacre, kimberly sneed left home to run errands. by the time she returned, the alleged shooter was gone. the next and last time they saw him he was in custody. they say he apologized. one classmate telling abc news he likely waited for valentine's day to carry out his plan. >>> love was something nick never understood. i feel like valentine's day might have been a trigger as to why that day was the day he chose to do this. >> this morning, we know the alleged shooter evok

. >> reporter: wplg is reporting on a school document recommending in january, 2017, that a threat, assessmentas a threat to the school after he was involved in an assault. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of the document. it's not clear if the threat assessment was ever done. the broward school board hasn't commented. signs at every turn that the 19-year-old shooter was troubled and violent. police records show 39 calls to the shooter's home over the past seven years for various reasons, including reports of "mentally ill person," child or elderly abuse, and domestic disturbance. not all of them referred to the teen. this woman's house is two doors down. she said she and her neighbors had many encounters with cruz over the years on. one occasion, her daughter said she saw cruz shooting toward a neighbor's yard with a gun. >> she said, "mom, that red-headed kid's shooting chickens at tchic chick chickens," the people behind us had chickens. i don't know anything about guns. i saw him -- it was a long gun. >> reporter: cruz lived there with his adoptive mother until she passed away last fall

this is our affiliate wplg reporting that in january of 2017 this is according to a school document thaton obtained, the school requested a, quote, threat assessment of him to determine if he was a danger to the school. this happened after nicholas cruz was involved in an assault. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of that document. it's not clear if the threat assessment was undertaken and the broward county school board is not commenting on that. again, it's a big warning sign that the school was requesting a threat assessment of this young man more than a year ago. >> so drew, brian having said what he said, can you talk to us about the shooter's lengthy history supposedly with law enforcement? >> last night on your show, don, we talked about the records that we had that the police had been to the cruz home some 30 times since 2010. today we got the actual records behind some of those calls. many of them involved calls about nicholas cruz and his mental health and the fact that he was seeing therapists and getting help and having behavioral intervention way back from 2013 up until th

fist obtained by wplg that's paerntly hem in the white shirt. family cruz lived with said we had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know. they tell the sentful everything everybody seems to know we didn't know. cruz pictured here at his mother's funeral. they say he followed every rule of their home to the tee but that he was battling depression and days before the shooting took him to a therapist. the day of the massacre she says she left home torun errands. by the time she returned cruz was gone. it nex squt last time they saw him he was in custody. they say he apologized. they allowed cruz to keep a handful of weapons includinging the ar-15 he owned in a locked gun cabinet. they thought they had the only key. his behavior spiralled downward. >> he started going after one of my friends and threatening her and cut off from there. he got suspended a lot of times and he sold knives in his lunch boxes andee was expelled but no one expected him to come back. >> reporter: he's being held had in solitary confinement and remains on suici

fist obtained by wplg that's apparently him in the white shirt. to light as the family cruz lived with said we have this monster living under our roof and we didn't know. kimberly and her husband james tell the sun sental, everything everybody seems to know, we didn't know. cruz, pictured here after his mother's funeral. the alleged kilrle with them after her death. they say he followed every rule of their home to the tee but that he was battling depression and days be shooting took him to a therapist.thefe .he day of the massacre she says by the time she returned cruz was gone. the next and last time they saw him, he was in custody. they say he apologized. the sneads, gun owners themselves, they allowed cruz tf weapons, including the ar-15 he owned in a locked gun cabinet. they thought they had the only key. his behavior spiralled downward. >> he started going after one of my friends and threatening her and cut off from there. he got suspended a lot of times and he sold knives in his h nclu boxes and he was expelled, but no one expected him to co

. >> reporter: wplg reports cruz was expelled from the high school on february 8th, last year. three days later, he legally bought the ar-15 at this gun store less than ten miles from the school. yesterday led into court with his ankles and wrists in cuff. >> are you nikolas cruz? >> yes ma'am. >> you are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> reporter: his says he's on suicide watch at the jail. >> this is a loss for this community. a tragic loss of 17 children. >> reporter: the horror of it all too much for one of cruz's defense lawyers. the assistant public defender getting emotional during a news conference and walking away to compose himself. >> this young man is deeply disturbed. emotionally broken. >> reporter: the disturbed nature seems apparent from his social media activity.bc news that this inst suspect. in one photo holding a pistol and there were othertrouble. in september video blogger benbennight saw a comment on his youtube page a commenter with the name nikolas cruz posting i'm going to be a professional school shooter. >> i thought that todd and dis

the fight seen in had video allegedly showing cruz in a white shirt first obtained by abc affiliate wplgould hit her. he would threaten her. he would threaten her family and friends for talking to other guys. >> reporter: overnight a newly released investigator's report filed just days after that 2016 fight, noted cruz behavior changes due to a recent breakup. the investigator saying cruz talked about wanting to purchase a gun and feeling depressed. >> does he know where the shooter is? >> we don't know. >> reporter: we asked lopez about that day last week when 17 of her classmates and teachers were killed in a barrage of bullets. she sought refuge hiding in a closet. >> i was thinking about why he could have done this because nik was an avid hunter i thought about it from a hunter's perspective. the freshman building is very difficult to get out of and when you think about it from the way that a hunter might have which was the way nik thought about a lot of things that was an easy target. >> reporter: she says she felt little shock when she learned the identity of the shooter. >> i knew