The suspected gunman behind last Wednesday’s deadly massacre at a Florida high school reportedly asked to be called “Crazy Nick” and spoke obsessively about guns. Brian Halem, who became friendly with Nikolas Cruz while the two worked together at a Dollar Tree store, told the Miami Herald that Cruz instructed him to enter his phone …
The woman who briefly took in school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz before kicking him out wants control of a nearly million-dollar inheritance left to him by his late adoptive mother. The New York Post reports that Roxanne Deschamps filed papers in court asking to be the executor of Cruz’s late mother’s will. Lynda Cruz, the suspected …
A father and son both survived deadly mass shootings that took place within months of each other. CNN reports that Braden Freidkes was attending class last Wednesday when suspected gunman Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 people. To the relief of his frantic parents, Braden made it out alive. “We …
The man accused of raping and killing a 10-year-old girl reportedly admitted to police that he had sexual contact with her after she had died. KOAT has obtained search warrants connected to the investigation of Victoria Marten’s August 2016 homicide. Three suspects — the girl’s mother Michelle Martens, her boyfriend Fabian Gonzalez, and Gonzalez’s cousin …
A 17-year-old Texas girl was arrested on suspicion of arranging for her friend to be robbed and carjacked as she also pretended to be a victim. The Houston Chronicle reported that Susan Marie Mize, 17, and a 16-year-old boy were charged with felony aggravated robbery for a scheme that allegedly involved two boys carjacking and robbing …
The suspected gunman reportedly took an Uber to the school on the afternoon of the shooting
“… when you’re 18 you have a right to bear arms, and there was pretty much nothing he could do.”
The younger brother of the teen accused of opening fire at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 people dead was taken from his home on Friday and sent to a mental health facility, according to a friend. New York Post reports that a friend of Zachary Cruz, 17, said that the teen was taken …
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized for burns after his own father allegedly advised him to set himself on fire. According to the Associated Press, Michael Joseph Jensen, 36, of Claremore, Oklahoma, has been charged with child neglect after he allegedly gave his suicidal son advice on how to kill himself. The father is accused of …
A 21-year-old Washington State man pleaded guilty Friday to the rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl whose body was found in a muddy bog several years ago, the Kitsap Sun reports. Gabriel Gaeta, who was 17 at the time of the crime, faces 40 years to life behind bars. Authorities say Gaeta sexually assaulted …
The father of a teenage girl killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, expressed his shock and disbelief at his daughter’s funeral Friday, while the girl’s mother was too grief-stricken to attend. Meadow Jade Pollack , 18, was among the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday after Nikolas Cruz, …
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was wounded in the leg and back said she forgives the suspected gunman who shot her and killed 17 people. Bullet fragments are still embedded in Daniela Menescal’s back and leg following Wednesday’s shooting. The junior claimed that she believed it was a drill until the suspect …
