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Students walk out of school to remember, protest after Florida school shooting

Florida Rep. Kristin Jacobs talks with student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the hallway at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 21, 2018. The students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are in town to lobby the Florida Legislature after a shooting that left 17 dead at their school. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Florida Rep. Kristin Jacobs talks with student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the hallway at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 21, 2018. The students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are in town to lobby the Florida Legislature after a shooting that left 17 dead at their school. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser) Florida Rep. Kristin Jacobs talks with student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the hallway at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 21, 2018. The students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are in town to lobby the Florida Legislature after a shooting that left 17 dead at their school. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

By Associated Press 5 min read

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The latest on the deadly Florida school shooting (all times local):

11:30 a.m.

A number of students at a Florida high school walked out of their classrooms to remember the 17 students killed last week at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The students at Western High School in Davie, Florida, were also protesting gun violence during the walkout Wednesday morning.

Students carried large signs, each listing the name of a school where a shooting has taken place, along with the date of the shooting and the number of dead. Others carried signs with #NeverAgain.