Florida Shooting: Nikolas Cruz Confessed to Police That He Began Shooting Students ‘in the Hallways’
Asked whether he understood the circumstances in which he found himself, Mr. Cruz whispered two words: “Yes, ma’am.”
He’s mournful,” his public defender, Melisa McNeill, said after Mr. Cruz’s court appearance.
On Wednesday, Mr. Cruz and the Sneads’ son were texting until 2:18 p.m., Mr. Lewis
said — about five minutes before the first 911 calls about the shooting.
Mr. Lewis said that the family had seen signs of depression in Mr. Cruz, but nothing indicated that he was capable of this kind of violence.
Mr. Lewis said that Mr. Cruz explained his reluctance by saying something to the effect of “It’s Valentine’s Day.
That included Mr. Lewis encouraging Mr. Cruz to attend adult education courses, work toward his G.
Mr. Jereb also said Mr. Cruz had “trouble with a girl” and he believed the timing of the attack, carried out on Valentine’s Day, wasn’t a coincidence.
The gunman, Mr. Santorio said, “has gone to his new home.”
Ben Bennight, a bail bondsman in Mississippi, said in an interview
that he reported a suspicious comment left on his YouTube channel last fall by a user named “nikolas cruz.”
“I’m going to be a professional school shooter,” the Sept. 24 comment said.
Gino Santorio, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Broward Health, said the hospital where Mr.
Cruz was taken, Broward Health North, enacted safety protocols when the shooting suspect arrived on Wednesday.
