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The grief and mourning continue for the 17 students and staff killed on the afternoon of Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony, activism has emerged and students from across South Florida are speaking out together asking for stricter gun controls. Here's a list of grief counseling resources available for the community.

Confessed Parkland Murderer Accused Of Attacking Corrections Deputy

Nikolas Cruz
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Nikolas Cruz during a Feb. 19 status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer.

Three new charges related to an altercation with a Broward Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy were added Wednesday to confessed Parkland mass murderer Nikolas Cruz’s murder and attempted murder charges.

According to BSO, “Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy at the BSO Main Jail.”

Cruz is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and use of a chemical or electric weapon against an officer.

He already faces 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder after the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald

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