parkland school shooting

Juveniles
October 15, 2021

WATCH LIVE: Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz To Plead Guilty in Deadly Massacre

The suspect in a deadly Florida school shooting is expected to change his plea of not guilty in court on Friday, sparing the grieving families a long trial for the murders of 17 people in February 2018. Nikolas Cruz is in court on Friday morning to plead guilty to numerous counts in connection to the …

‘Why didn’t I go in?’ Parkland school resource deputy haunted by career-ending response to fatal shooting that killed 17 people
Murder
June 4, 2018

‘Why didn’t I go in?’ Parkland school resource deputy haunted by career-ending response to fatal shooting that killed 17 people

The disgraced deputy who failed to effectively intervene during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February has spoken publicly for the first time since Nikolas Cruz allegedly opened fire at the Parkland, Florida, high school, killing 17 people and injuring 17 more. Scot Peterson, who had been a School Resource Deputy …

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was suspended 67 days in less than a year and a half; ‘culture of leniency’ in Broward district under scrutiny
Juveniles
May 13, 2018

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was suspended 67 days in less than a year and a half; ‘culture of leniency’ in Broward district under scrutiny

A review of the disciplinary procedures in Florida’s Broward District has found that the school district appears to favor maintaining a positive image than appropriately disciplining students, many of them repeat offenders. The Sun Sentinel performed a review of the school district’s disciplinary policies, examining records and interviewing school administrators, and found that misbehaving students …

Parkland school shooter’s brother Zachary Cruz arrested again
Juveniles
May 2, 2018

Parkland school shooter’s brother Zachary Cruz arrested again

The younger brother of Parkland school shooting suspect Zachary Cruz has been arrested again, the second time in six weeks. The Sun Sentinel reports that Zachary, 18, was arrested on Tuesday for violating the terms of his probation. The younger brother of Nikolas Cruz had previously been arrested in March for trespassing on the campus …

‘We were all alone’: Hero cop who went rogue to single-handedly capture school shooter Nikolas Cruz hints at lack of leadership, chaos at mass shooting scene
Juveniles
March 19, 2018

‘We were all alone’: Hero cop who went rogue to single-handedly capture school shooter Nikolas Cruz hints at lack of leadership, chaos at mass shooting scene

The Coconut Creek police officer who apprehended Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was not ordered to leave the school’s staging area to search for him — but decided to take matters into his own hands. Officer Michael Leonard gave his first in-depth interview since the February 14 mass shooting to the Sun-Sentinel this weekend, revealing …