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Anthony Rizzo Leaves Cubs Camp to Return Home to Parkland After School Shooting

Anthony Rizzo left Cubs camp to return to Parkland, Fla. to be with friends and family after his high school was the site of a mass shooting, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

At least 17 people were killed and many more injured when a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a suburb of Miami. Rizzo graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 2007.

Rizzo reported to Chicago's spring training camp in Mesa, Ariz. just a few days ago. Rizzo tweeted his condolences for the victims of the shooting shortly after it occurred on Wednesday and said the "country is in desperate need of change.