Florida sheriff's deputies had at least 18 calls warning about Nikolas Cruz from 2008-2017, including that he 'planned to shoot up the school'. The warnings, made by people close to Nikolas Cruz, came in phone calls to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, records show. At least five callers mentioned concern over his access to weapons. None of those warnings led to direct intervention. Cruz is accused of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. Ref. USAToday.
Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder in 2018 school shooting, his lawyers say. Attorneys for Cruz told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that he will plead guilty Wednesday. The guilty plea would set up a penalty phase where Cruz, 23, would be fighting against the death penalty and hoping for life without parole. Source 6g.
Jury recommends Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison for killing 17 people at a school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. The jury voted to recommend life in prison for Cruz, who pleaded guilty last year to killing 17 and wounding 17 others in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Source 7n.