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Shooting suspect made ‘disturbing’ social media posts

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PARKLAND, Fla. -- The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to a law enforcemen­t official and former schoolmate­s.

PYEONGCHAN­G, South Korea -- The world’s best male Alpine skier, Marcel Hirscher, will compete for his second gold medal of the Pyeongchan­g Olympics.

Hirscher starts as the

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-yearold suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for “disciplina­ry reasons.”

“I don’t know the specifics,” the sheriff said.

However, Victoria Olvera, favorite in the giant slalom Sunday at Yongpyong Alpine Center. He’s already got a gold medal from his first event, the Alpine combined.

The 28-year-old Austrian is expected to duel with his a 17-year-old junior, said Cruz was expelled last school year after a fight with his exgirlfrie­nd’s new boyfriend.

She said Cruz had been abusive to his girlfriend.

School officials said Cruz was attending another school in Broward County after his expulsion. main rival in World Cup races, Henrik Kristoffer­sen of Norway. American Ted Ligety will try to defend the title he won at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Also Sunday, there are

Broward County Mayor Beam Furr said during an interview with CNN that the shooter was getting treatment at a mental health clinic for a while, but that he hadn’t been back to the clinic for more than a year.

“It wasn’t like there wasn’t concern for him,” Furr men’s preliminar­y-round hockey games between Canada and Korea and between Finland and Sweden, among others. In women’s hockey, Switzerlan­d will play Korea and Sweden will play Japan, said. “We try to keep our eyes out on those kids who aren’t connected ... Most teachers try to steer them toward some kind of connection­s. ... In this case, we didn’t find a way to connect with this kid,” Furr said.

Israel said investigat­ors were dissecting the suspect’s though none is a medal contender.

And the bobsled competitio­n kicks off with the first heats for the men’s two-man teams, with medals to be awarded Monday. (AP) social media posts. “And some of the things that have come to mind are very, very disturbing,” he added without elaboratin­g.

Daniel Huerfano, a student who fled Wednesday’s attack, said he recognized Cruz from an Instagram photo in which Cruz posed with a gun in front of his face.

Huerfano recalled Cruz as a shy student and remembered seeing him walking around with his lunch bag. “He was that weird kid that you see ... like a loner,” he added.

Dakota Mentcher, a 17-year-old junior, said he used to be close friends with Cruz but hadn’t seen him in more than a year following his expulsion from school.

“He started progressiv­ely getting a little more weird,”

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