A Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher who volunteered to carry a gun at the school where 17 people lost their lives was arrested Sunday for allegedly leaving his loaded gun in a public restroom. According to WPLG, Science teacher Sean Simpson, 43, told police that he accidentally left the 9mm in a bathroom stall at Deerfield Beach Pier while …
By The Associated Press Rocker Ted Nugent says the Florida students calling for gun control have “no soul” and are “mushy brained children.” The 69-year-old made the comments Friday while defending the National Rifle Association as a guest on the Joe Pags show, a nationally syndicated conservative radio program. Nugent, a longtime member of the …
Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, is reportedly being showered with love letters and has had hundreds of dollars put in his commissary account. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that an alarming amount of admirers are sending the suspected mass murderer sexually-explicit photos and offers of …
A commitment under the law would have made it more difficult if not impossible for Nikolas Cruz to obtain a gun legally.
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 …
As students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School prepare for their first full week of classes following a massacre that left 17 students and faculty members dead, one area park has taken action remove the alleged gunman’s name from its playground area. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the name Nikolas J. Cruz has …
By DAMIAN J. TROISE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart took steps Wednesday to restrict gun sales, adding two retail heavyweights to the growing rift between corporate America and the gun lobby. Dick’s said it will immediately stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to anyone …
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 …
As more information surfaces about the man suspected of killing 17 people in a mass shooting at a Florida high school earlier this month, a pattern of traumatic personal issues and missed warning signs continues to grow. According to the New York Post, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz’s life was often in upheaval dating back to at …
By ALINA HARTOUNIAN, Associated Press One student was teased about being a “brown, bald lesbian.” Another was the target of conspiracy theorists who claimed he was really an actor. When a group of teens posed for a photo, they were accused of lapping up attention from the news cameras and “partying like rock stars.” Just days …
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
Peter Wang, the 15-year-old JROTC member credited for saving lives during last week’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was buried in his uniform Tuesday, less than a week after he died holding the door open for escaping students. According to WTVJ, an emotional service was punctuated by the eulogies of several classmates whose lives …
