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FBI says it investigated YouTube threat but couldn't ID individual; Florida governor says violence 'has to stop'

PARKLAND, Fla. - Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was charged Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder as yet another community grappled with grief and horror in the aftermath of a school gun rampage, the deadliest in more than five years.

With new details emerging about the 19-year-old former student's troubled background, President Trump, in a televised address to the nation, decried the "terrible violence, hatred and evil" embodied by the attack.

"No parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning," he said, speaking from the White House. The president hailed first responders, offered to assist Florida officials

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