Law enforcement officials hold a press conference to discuss details of the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead

The Broward County Sheriff's Office is holding a press conference on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in South Florida. Paste BN will stream the event live in the player above.

Seventeen people are dead and several are injured after Wednesday's shooting.

Police say Nikolas Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.

Cruz is 19 years old and is a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was expelled for "disciplinary reasons."

The shooting happened about 2 p.m. at the school in Parkland, Fla., which is about 30 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale, according to the Coral Springs Police Department.