In all, 17 people were killed Wednesday in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. “He would give you the shirt off his back,” said Dan Jacob, athletic director at neighboring Coral Springs High School . Before becoming athletic director at Douglas, Hixon had led the athletics department at South Broward High School , where his wife, Debra, leads a magnet program. “Our next-door neighbor’s daughter was one of the lives taken too soon by a senseless act of violence at Stoneman Douglas High School. A cousin, Matt Brandow, posted on Facebook: “With a very heavy heart, my beloved cousin Carmen just passed away in the Parkland High School shooting today.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 15, 2018 19:29 UTC