Via Fox News:
The names began to emerge Thursday of the 17 people gunned down in a shocking school shooting a day earlier, revealing that two victims were students who helped children with special needs and one was a football coach who died shielding terrified teens from a hail of bullets.
The accused shooter, 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of classrooms shortly before the day ended at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – one of the largest schools in Broward County. The suspect was taken into custody without incident about a mile away from the school. He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday.
Read on for a look at the lives lost in the deadliest school shooting in the United States since the Newtown massacre.
Alyssa Alhadeff
Soccer player Alyssa Alhadeff, 15, was one of the victims in the high school massacre, her mother told WSVN-TV.Alhadeff was a “well respected member of our club and community,” Parkland Travel Soccer said in a Facebook post, also sharing a comment from her family.
“To Alyssa’s Friends honor Alyssa by doing something fabulous in your life. Don’t ever give up and inspire for greatness. Live for Alyssa! Be her voice and breathe for her. Alyssa loved you all forever!” the message read.