15-year-old shot 5 times protecting classmates from gunfire
Mass shooting
“One of our own was a hero last week and needs our help”
Mass shooting
February 16, 2018
Florida school shooter was on school rifle team that got NRA grant
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, …
Juveniles
February 16, 2018
Hero teacher slain in Parkland school shooting saved lives just before he was gunned down
A geography teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School lost his life when he opened a classroom door to let students in as a gunman was on a shooting rampage in the Parkland, Florida, high school. According to the Sun Sentinel, Scott Beigel, 35, is credited with saving the lives of students just before he was gunned …
Violent Crime
February 16, 2018
FBI tipped off in January about Florida school shooter’s guns, ‘erratic behavior’, and ‘expressed desire to kill people’
Tipster warned in JANUARY that Cruz could be targeting a school
School Crimes
February 16, 2018
South Carolina teen posts ‘Round 2 of Florida’ on Snapchat while holding what appeared to be a gun: Police
He’s now claiming it was all a joke, but South Carolina authorities found nothing about the incident funny after a teen posted a disturbing image on Snapchat that insinuated an additional school shooting, only a day after Wednesday’s brutal massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that ended with seven people dead. FOX News reports …
Mass shooting
February 15, 2018
Nikolas Cruz confesses to Florida school attack: Sheriff
By TERRY SPENCER, KELLI KENNEDY and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and concealing extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released …
Mass shooting
February 14, 2018
REVEALED: School shooting suspect made ‘disturbing’ social media posts
Student: “He started going after one of my friends, threatening her, and I cut him off from there”
Mass shooting
February 14, 2018
Classmate says Florida school shooting suspect showed off guns, joked about attack on school
A classmate of the former student believed to have opened fire at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, described the suspected shooter as “troubled” and claimed he would show him pictures of his gun. According to Mediate, the unidentified student also told WSVN that suspected shooter Nicolas Cruz “played around” with the idea of shooting up …
Mass shooting
February 14, 2018
Gunman kills at least 17 people at Florida high school after setting off fire alarm to draw students out of classrooms
The shooter, who was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of their classrooms shortly before the school day ended, officials said.
Juveniles
February 14, 2018
BREAKING: Active shooting at Florida high school, shooter at large, injuries reported
Police are responding to an apparent shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Wednesday afternoon. According to the Sun-Sentinel, a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman High School in 5901 Northwest Pine Island Road in Parkland. The Broward County Sheriff’s office told the newspaper that injuries had been reported, and a reporter for ABC 7 News …
Court
February 13, 2018
After shooting ‘drunk’ dad dead, boy kisses his pets, then drives to school & fatally shoots first-grader: Report
A South Carolina court heard the confession made by a 14-year-old boy after he shot and killed his father before fatally shooting a 6-year-old at his former elementary school in September 2016. The Anderson Independent Mail reported that the 48-page transcript, which can be read in full below, was made public as an Anderson County court …
School Crimes
January 23, 2018
NIGHTMARE: 2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 19 others and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. It was the nation’s first fatal school …
