Hearing postponed in Florida school shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A hearing has been postponed on motions by attorneys for Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz asking a judge to order investigators to preserve most evidence in the case, except for the building where the Valentine’s Day massacre took place. The hearing was reset until July 16 on motions seeking... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 21, 2018

Defense: preserve most evidence in Florida school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys for Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz are asking a judge to order investigators to preserve most evidence in the case, except for the building where the Valentine’s Day massacre took place. A hearing was set Thursday on motions seeking to preserve evidence including field notes made by... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 18, 2018

Parkland mom: ‘Shooter may as well have just shot us’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Helena Ramsay was wise beyond her years, shy until you got to know her and discovered she had a wicked wit. She dreamed of seeing the pink dolphins in the Brazilian rainforest — a dream her mother said was cut short by the gunman who killed Ramsay and 16 others... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 8, 2018

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing on an effort by attorneys for Florida school-shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz to block public release of parts of what police call his confession in the Valentine’s Day massacre. The hearing Friday concerns a motion claiming that parts of the statement “will cause significant trauma... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

May 25, 2018

Hearing for accused Florida school shooter rescheduled

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A court hearing for the teenager accused of fatally shooting 17 at a Florida high school has been rescheduled. A status hearing on the murder and other charges facing 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz that had been scheduled Friday in Fort Lauderdale will now take place June 21. Cruz is charged with... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

May 1, 2018

Shooting victim’s dad sues deputy who didn’t enter school

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The father of a student killed in a mass shooting at a Florida high school is suing the armed officer who stood outside the building as people were massacred within. Meadow Pollack was among the 17 killed on Valentine’s Day in a freshman building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

April 27, 2018

Florida school shooting suspect Cruz due back in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is due back in court for a hearing designed to get the death penalty case moving forward. The hearing Friday afternoon is expected to deal with several procedural issues, possibly including the setting of an initial trial date. Cruz’s public defender also is likely... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

April 25, 2018

Investigators: School design contributed to massacre

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — Faulty classroom design and failures in the police radio and 911 systems contributed to the chaos and deaths during the recent Florida high school massacre, a commission investigating the shooting was told at its first meeting Tuesday. Broward Sheriff’s Office Detective Zachary Scott told the Marjory Stoneman High School Public... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

April 18, 2018

Florida school shooting survivor files 1st victim lawsuit

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A teenager who took five bullets in the Florida school mass shooting has become the first victim of the Valentine’s Day rampage to file a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Tuesday names as defendants shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, the estate of his late mother, a family that took him in after... Read More

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Anthony Borges, Nikolas Cruz

April 12, 2018

Lawyer: Florida school shooting suspect needs public defense

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely does not have the assets to pay a private lawyer for what will rapidly balloon into a multi-million dollar case, his public defenders told a judge Wednesday. The Broward County Public Defender’s office... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

April 11, 2018

Finances of Florida school shooting suspect issue at hearing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The financial assets available to Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz that might allow him to hire a private lawyer will be examined at a court hearing. Cruz has been represented at taxpayer expense by the Broward County Public Defender since the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 people at... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

March 22, 2018

Troopers to patrol at Florida school where massacre happened

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Already heightened security will be bolstered Thursday at the Florida high school where last month’s massacre occurred as Gov. Rick Scott ordered eight highway patrol troopers to assist with securing the grounds. That step came after the suspect’s brother was arrested there, two students were caught carrying knives and another... Read More

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Nikolas Cruz

March 21, 2018

$500K bond for shooting suspect’s brother in school trespass

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is sitting in the same jailhouse as his brother after a judge imposed a $500,000 bond on him for trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people died. Trespassing is a misdemeanor that usually involves only a $25 bond.... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz, Zachary Cruz

March 15, 2018

Florida school shooting suspect remains silent in court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — While students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people and wounding more in the Florida school shooting sat in court silently, his head bowed. Nikolas Cruz, shackled and wearing a red jail jumpsuit, sat motionless in the jury box... Read More

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Hearing postponed in Florida school shooting case

Defense: preserve most evidence in Florida school shooting

Parkland mom: ‘Shooter may as well have just shot us’

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

Hearing for accused Florida school shooter rescheduled

Shooting victim’s dad sues deputy who didn’t enter school

Florida school shooting suspect Cruz due back in court

Investigators: School design contributed to massacre

Florida school shooting survivor files 1st victim lawsuit

Lawyer: Florida school shooting suspect needs public defense

Finances of Florida school shooting suspect issue at hearing

Troopers to patrol at Florida school where massacre happened

$500K bond for shooting suspect’s brother in school trespass

Florida school shooting suspect remains silent in court

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