Students being escorted out of a Florida high school where a gun attack left 17 dead.
RJR News has been informed that one of the 17 victims of Wednesday's deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is of Jamaican parentage.
She has been identified as 17 year old Helena Ramsay.
Her mother is Jamaican and her father Trinidadian.
A woman identifying herself as Helena's cousin, Fena Cooper, posted a message on Facebook saying: "Helena, we miss you dearly and are so incredibly sorry that your life was cut short. You didn't deserve this. We love you so much and will miss you greatly."
Another cousin, Jamie Page, wrote that Helena was "a genuine, beautiful, and smart human being who had so much potential and the brightest future."
The killings in the affluent Miami suburb of Parkland have raised concerns about potential failures in school security and stirred the ongoing U.S. debate about gun rights, which are protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump have linked mental illness to Wednesday's violence, suggesting that it was the public's responsibility to warn officials of such dangers.
Broward County officials have called for the demolition of the school building where the killings took place.
FBI failed to act on tip
Meanwhile, the FBI has said it did not properly follow up on a warning that Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz might carry out an attack.
Last month, a person close to the 19 year old contacted the law enforcement agency to warn of the potential of him conducting a school shooting.
The FBI said protocols were not followed and the tipline did not pass along the complaint.
It was not the first potential warning to the FBI regarding Cruz.
He has confessed to carrying out the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and has been charged with 17 counts of murder.
It was the deadliest US school shooting since 2012.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a furious statement that the director of the FBI must resign as the law enforcement agency's failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable.
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