Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count one of first-degree murder.

Parents of victims in Florida’s 2018 high school massacre said Thursday they were glad to see the federal government reach a $127.5 million settlement over FBI inaction in the case and hope a future tragedy can be prevented.

Five years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Local10.com remembers the victims lost on Feb. 14, 2018.

PARKLAND, Fla. – Panicked parents searching for students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a shooter killed 17 people Wednesday in Parkland, were sharing their children's photos on social media and asking for help. Jaime Guttenberg, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at the school in Parkland. The Broward Sheriff's Office had yet to release the identities of the 17 dead or the 17 who were rushed to Broward Health North, Broward Medical Center, Broward Health Coral Springs and West Boca Medical Center. Gina Montalto, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was killed in the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school in Parkland. Martin Duque, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was killed in the Feb. 14 shooting at the school in Parkland.