Florida middle school shooting during awards ceremony leaves 1 dead; police say

One person was killed in a shooting at a middle school in Marion County, Florida during a school awards program on Wednesday evening, police said.

Officials with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release that the shooting happened at North Marion County Middle School in Citra, Florida, which is 30 miles south of Gainesville, on Wednesday evening.

Authorities said that the shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m.

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