Gov. Walker issues statement on Florida shooting; orders flags at half-staff

PARKLAND, Fla. -- A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Governor Scott Walker on Thursday, Feb. 15 issued the below statement: