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WATCH: In A Post-Parkland America, Teens Talk About Gun Culture

NPR Staff

Last spring, NPR traveled across the country to speak with teenagers about their many different relationships with guns.

Melody Herzfeld helped save 65 students when gunfire broke out at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Society

Parkland Drama Teacher Who Helped Save 65 To Receive Tony Award For Education

Jason Breslow

Melody Herzfeld sheltered dozens of students during the February shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. On Sunday, she'll receive a Tony Award for excellence in education.

Scot Peterson addresses a Broward County school board meeting in 2015. The former school resource officer, criticized for remaining outside during the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., began receiving a monthly pension of more than $8,000 in April.

Society

Ex-Deputy Who Stayed Outside During Parkland Shooting Getting $8,702 Monthly Pension

Amy Held

Parents of some of the 17 people killed in the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Florida are expressing outrage over the payments to Scot Peterson.

Sheriff Scott Israel, holds the hand of Anthony Borges, 15, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in a photo released Feb. 18. Anthony was the last Parkland survivor to be released from the hospital and now his lawyer is preparing a lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office and others in connection with the shooting.

Society

'I Feel Good': Final Parkland Shooting Survivor Released From Hospital

Amy Held

Teen Anthony Borges was among the most seriously injured after being shot five times. His family is preparing to sue Broward County officials for not doing more "to prevent this tragedy."

The Broward County state attorney will seek the death penalty in its case against Nikolas Cruz, who is charged with 17 counts of murder in the Parkland, Fla., shooting. Cruz is seen here at a hearing Feb. 19 in Fort Lauderdale.

Government & Politics

Florida State Attorney Will Seek Death Penalty For Parkland Shooting Suspect

Laurel Wamsley

Nikolas Cruz, 19, has already been charged with 17 counts of murder in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Public defenders had sought to avoid a trial by having Cruz plead guilty.

Florida Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran (center) hugs Hunter Pollack, whose sister was one of the 17 people killed last month in a mass shooting at a South Florida high school. The state House on Wednesday passed a package of measures intended to prevent another school shooting, sending the bill to the governor for his approval.

Criminal Justice

Florida House Passes Gun Control Package; Measure Awaits Governor's Signature

Brakkton Booker

The proposal comes on the same day that accused shooter Nikolas Cruz, 19, was officially charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder in the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting.