The 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has served as a lingering reminder of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history for more than six years.
The building had remained untouched since 2018 when a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members on Valentine’s Day. But after being preserved as evidence for the shooter’s trial, crews are set to tear down the three-story building by pieces starting on Friday.
The demolition was scheduled to begin Thursday morning but was postponed due to heavy rain and flooding. The building, which people who have toured described as a time capsule with bullet holes and bloodstains still visible, was closed after the shooting and then fenced off as evidence of the crime scene.
