Florida School Shooting - Page 18

July 10, 2018

Parkland shooting suspect's mom let him buy gun despite mental health counselors' pushback, official says

The mother of Nikolas Cruz, the man charged with killing 17 people in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year, was "an enabler" who allowed her son to buy a gun despite concerns from mental health counselors, an official said Tuesday.

July 2, 2018

Stoneman Douglas shooting victims' families each get $400G from GoFundMe campaign

The families of the 17 people killed in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February will each receive $400,000 from a GoFundMe page created after the mass shooting.

June 27, 2018

2 Parkland baseball coaches who failed to confront Nikolas Cruz first to lose jobs over massacre

Two Marjory Stoneman Douglas baseball coaches, who were also security monitors and widely criticized for not confronting Nikolas Cruz when he entered the high school and killed 17 people, have reportedly become the first school district employees to lose their jobs over the massacre.

June 24, 2018

Nikolas Cruz said 'get out of here' before Stoneman Douglas rampage

A freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School told investigators he encountered shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz in a stairwell as he was loading his AR-15 rifle and was told, "you better get out of here," according to police interview transcripts released Friday.

June 23, 2018

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz warned student: 'Something bad is about to happen'

Florida prosecutors have released the witness statement of a student who survived the Parkland school shooting after a face-to-face encounter with gunman Nikolas Cruz, the Miami Herald reports.

June 13, 2018

Coaches killed in Florida shooting to receive ESPN's Best Coach Award

The ESPYs are breaking tradition for this year's Best Coach Award, awarding it posthumously to three Florida high school coaches who died shielding their students from gunfire.

June 10, 2018

Parkland students sing 'Rent' classic at Tony Awards

Students of the drama department of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took the stage of The 2018 Tony Awards to sing “Seasons of Love” from the Tony-winning musical “Rent.”

June 7, 2018

Broward sheriff's captain who gave initial order to 'stage,' not enter Stoneman Douglas, to be replaced

Jan Jordan, the Broward County sheriff's captain who allegedly directed emergency responders to "stage" outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, rather than rushing immediately into the building, will be replaced.

June 7, 2018

Parkland high school monitor who saw Nikolas Cruz before shooting is barred from grounds

Two campus monitors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have been barred from school property and reassigned after it was reported one of them warned school staff members that Nikolas Cruz was acting suspicious as he entered the campus on Feb. 14.

June 5, 2018

Unarmed Parkland campus monitor alerted staff as Nikolas Cruz stormed campus, documents reveal

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School employees — including school resource officer Scot Peterson — were reportedly warned about Nikolas Cruz by an unarmed campus monitor who felt the alleged gunman was acting suspicious.