By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month will face the death penalty, prosecutors said Tuesday. Nikolas Cruz, 19, is scheduled for formal arraignment Wednesday on a 34-count indictment, including 17 first-degree murder charges. Cruz’s attorneys have said he would …
“He thinks he’s f***ing ISIS,” Lynda Cruz reportedly said
By KELLI KENNEDY, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The sheriff’s deputy assigned to guard the Florida high school that was the scene of a mass shooting never entered the building to confront the suspect because he believed the gunfire was coming from outside, his attorney said Monday. Scot Peterson has …
The delay led officers to believe that the shooter was still in the building when he was actually in a McDonald’s a mile away
“One of our own was a hero last week and needs our help”
Nikolas Cruz, the teen accused of killing 17 people during a brutal school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday, wants to offer a guilty plea in an attempt to avoid the death penalty, according to his lawyer. The Sun Sentinel reports that public defender Howard Finkelstein, who’s representing 19-year-old Cruz, said that a trial would essentially be …
Alleged Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would verbally and physically abuse his late adoptive mother on a regular basis, multiple police reports have revealed. Police reports obtained by CNN stated that Lynda Cruz had called 911 for various issues involving Nikolas and his younger brother, including “mentally ill person,” “child/elderly abuse,” “domestic disturbance,” and “missing person.” Lynda had …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs and other programs. 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 …
After the rampage, the suspect headed to a Wal-Mart and bought a drink at a Subway restaurant before walking to a McDonald’s
Police in Florida are casting some doubt on the testimony of a white supremacist who claimed the suspect in Wednesday’s school shooting was affiliated with his militia. Jordan Jereb made the allegation in comments to reporters the day after at least 17 students and faculty died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Later …
A relative of Nikolas Cruz, the man accused of killing 17 in Wednesday’s Florida school shooting, said she believes that Cruz’s mental health deteriorated last year after his adoptive mother died of pneumonia. Linda and Roger Cruz, an older couple, adopted Nikolas when he was an infant. Linda’s sister-in-law, Barbara Kumbatovic, told The Washington Post …
