Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, an alumnus of the South Florida high school where officials say at least 17 people have died in a shooting attack, sent his condolences and encouragement Wednesday on Twitter while sounding a note of alarm.
Rizzo, who in November donated $150,000 to his alma mater, Stoneman Douglas High School, for the installation of lights for baseball and softball fields, said he hoped the people of Parkland, Florida, would come together in "this darkest of times."
Rizzo, 28, was drafted out of Stoneman Douglas by the Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2007 draft.