Florida deputy's legal team says he didn't have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter
The attorney for a former Florida sheriffโs deputy is arguing that his client had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parklandโs Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago.
Florida school shooter's birth mom abused cocaine, alcohol
The lead attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz told the jury in his penalty trial Monday they have witnessed โthings that will haunt them for the rest of their lives,โ but they now need to learn what led him to massacre of 17 people four years ago before they can decide whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole.
Defense attorneys in Florida school shooting try to withdraw
The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team has COVID-19.
Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI's inaction
Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBIโs failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.
Activist dad of school shooting victim joins anti-gun group
The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the 2018 Florida high school shooting massacre is joining the top ranks of an anti-gun violence group to promote like-minded political candidates around the country ahead of next yearโs midterm elections.
On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws
President Joe Biden used the the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. "For those of us who lost loved ones that day, it's pretty much like any other day. Even before the Parkland tragedy, there was already plenty of anguish in Florida over gun violence. โToday, as we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence,โ he said.
3 years later, Parkland school shooting trial still in limbo
And yet, with Valentines Day on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, marking the three-year milestone, Cruzs death penalty is in limbo. Yet, with Valentine's Day on Sunday marking the three-year milestone, the trial of 22-year-old Nikolas Cruz is in limbo. But prosecutors won't budge on seeking the death penalty at trial. AdโGoing for the death penalty will not bring our loved ones back to us. His defense isn't focused on his guilt or innocence; it's more about sparing him from the death penalty, his lawyers have said in court.
Couple apologizes for sheltering accused school shooter
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. We thought we could handle this troubled young man, unfortunately, we were wrong, the Sneads said in a public apology revealed Tuesday. The families of those killed in the Parkland high school shooting released the letter Tuesday during a conference call with the newspaper. Cruz had spent several years at a special school for students with serious behavioral disorders and had been labeled emotionally disturbed." The couple still say they thought Cruzs guns were secure in a locked cabinet and only they had the key.