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.