FL School Massacre Site Where 17 Died Being Demolished: Report

PARKLAND, FL — The Florida classroom building where 17 people were shot and killed in a massacre six years ago is being demolished Friday, per media reports.

A former student opened fire on Feb. 14, 2018, Valentine's Day, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; and now, the building is reportedly being torn down as victims' families watch the demolition.

“I’d like to see it gone,“ former Marjory Stoneman student Dylan Persaud told the Associated Press. “It puts a period on the end of the story. They should put a nice memorial there for the 17.”

Persaud was a student at the Parkland school in 2018 and said he lost "seven long-time friends and his geography teacher, Scott Beigel, in the shooting," the Associated Press reported.

The plan is to have demolition complete before students return to school in August, the news outlet reported.

RELATED: AI Voice Of Slain Parkland Shooting Victim Used In Gun Reform Calls

Since the school shooting, the AI-generated voices of six gun violence victims have been used in 5,000 calls to members of Congress, The Hill reported in February. That includes the voice of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver.

“Six years ago, I was a senior at Parkland. Many students and teachers were murdered on Valentine’s Day that year by a person using an AR-15. But you don’t care. You never did. It’s been six years, and you’ve done nothing, not a thing to stop all the shootings that have continued to happen since,” Oliver’s AI-generated voice says, as reported by the National Public Radio.

The message continues: "I'm back today because my parents used AI to recreate my voice to call you. Other victims like me will be calling too, again and again, to demand action. How many calls will it take for you to care? How many dead voices will you hear before you finally listen? Every day your inaction creates more voices. If you fail to act now, we'll find somebody who will."

RELATED: Florida School Shooting: Sheriff Says 17 Dead

The accused gunman, an expelled Marjory Stoneman student, was previously identified by authorities as Nikolas Cruz, 19. Cruz was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting.

Twelve people died in the school building, two outside the school and one on the street. Two people died at the hospital from their injuries, authorities previously said.

"It's catastrophic," Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at the time. "There really are no words."