A former school resource officer was acquitted on all counts Thursday after being accused of failing to act during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Scot Peterson, 60, wept in court as the 11 not-guilty verdicts were read. The then-campus deputy had been charged …
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Parkland Shooter Formally Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole for 2018 Valentine’s Day School Massacre
Nikolas Cruz, the gunman responsible for murdering 17 people in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was formally sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday. Just last month, a jury recommended that life sentence instead of the death penalty, a decision that shook family members …
Read More »Exclusive: Human Rights Organizer Believes Race Played a Role in Parkland Shooter Being Spared Death Penalty
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz has been spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison by a Florida jury for carrying out the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – a move that stunned the families of his victims. Cruz pleaded guilty last year to 17 counts of …
Read More »Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Avoids Death Penalty After Jury Recommends Life Without Parole
14 Jurors have reached a decision in the sentencing of Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 people and injured 17 others at Marjory Stonemason Douglas High School. After 7 hours of deliberation, the jury recommended life in prison without parole. In 2018, Nikolas Cruz, now 24, used a semi-automatic rifle to …
Read More »Parkland School Shooter Asked Victims’ Brother For Ride Following Shooting
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz casually bought a drink at a Walmart Subway before sitting with one of his victims’ siblings at a McDonald’s; a video played in court Thursday shows. Cruz murdered 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. He was able to flee the chaotic scene by blending …
Read More »Justice Department Announces $127.5 Million Settlement for Families of Victims of Parkland School Shooting
The U.S. Department of Justice has formally announced that they have reached a $127.5 million settlement with the families of the mass shooting victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The settlement reportedly includes 40 different civil lawsuits spurred by the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February of 2018. …
Read More »President Joe Biden Urging Congress to Pass Legislation on Gun Control on Anniversary of the Parkland School Shooting
President Joe Biden calls on the nation to uphold the “solemn obligation” to “keep each other safe” while working to end gun violence, just four years after 17 people were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In a statement obtained by The Associated Press ahead …
Read More »Families of Victims Killed by Parkland Shooter Do No Accept His Apology, Says He Should be Executed
The families of the victims killed by Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz believe that he does not deserve a second chance and should be executed. On Wednesday fathers of two of the students killed by Cruz told TMZ that they didn’t believe Cruz’s courtroom apology and that he shouldn’t be given …
Read More »Parkland School Shooter, Nikolas Cruz, Pleads Guilty in 2018 Mass Shooting
Nikolas Cruz, the gunman responsible for the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, pleaded guilty in a Florida courtroom Wednesday morning. Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder and now faces a …
Read More »Parkland School Shooting Victims’ Families Reach $25 Million Settlement With School District
The families of the 2018 Parkland, Florida school shooting victims have reached a $25 million settlement with the district. According to the families’ attorney, 52 families will receive a lump sum payment from the Broward County school district. Their lawyer, David Brill, did not confirm how much each family would receive. Still, the …
Read More »Nikolas Cruz to Plead Guilty on All Counts for Parkland School Massacre
Nikolas Cruz, the now 23-year-old gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school three years ago, will plead guilty to 17 murders, his attorneys announced this morning. Lawyers for Cruz told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that he will plead guilty on Wednesday to …
Read More »Lawyers Representing Parkland Shooter Argue He Should Not Be Called “Killer” During Trial
Lawyers for Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who shot and killed 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, argued in a hearing that their client should not be called a “killer” during his trial. Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder and faces …
Read More »Survivor of Parkland Shooting Says Father Believes it Was All a Hoax
An anonymous survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting says his own father believes the incident was a hoax. The 18-year-old former student of the school spoke with Vice in a report released on Monday about how his father came to believe the massacre was a hoax after …
Read More »Parkland Families Call For Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Resignation After Posts Surface That Show She Agreed That Shooting Was A “False Flag”
Students who survived the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida and families of the victims of that shooting call for the resignation of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after comments surfaced that showed the politician agreeing with people who said the 2018 shooting was a “false flag” operation. According …
Read More »Parkland School Shooting Inspires Four Feature-Length Documentaries
This Valentine’s Day marks the two-year anniversary of the Parkland school shooting. Back in 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened gunfire on faculty and students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, FL. He killed 17 people in the shooting and injured 17 more. Now, just two years later, …
Read More »Parkland School Shooting Investigation Leads To The Dismissal Of Two More Deputies
Two more Florida sheriff’s deputies have been fired for their inaction during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead last year. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony announced that deputies Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh were fired on Tuesday, following an internal investigation “It was …
Read More »Parkland Shooting Survivor Gets Harvard Admission Rescinded Over His Love Of Using The N-Word
Kyle Kashuv, a survivor of last year’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl, is making headlines, but this time, it’s not for his activism for pro-gun laws. Kashuv recently revealed on Twitter that his acceptance into the Harvard Class of 2023 had been rescinded, just three …
Read More »Former School Resource Officer Faces Felony Charges For Lack of Effort During Parkland Shooting
Former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson was arrested on Tuesday for failing to attempt to protect students during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Peterson was the school resource officer at the time of the tragic shooting that took the lives of …
Read More »Second Parkland Shooting Survivor Commits Suicide
One week after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate, Sydney Aiello, took her own life after being diagnosed with PTSD, another Parkland Shooting Survivor has taken his own life. Coral Springs Police confirmed that a current Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sophomore died in “an apparent suicide” over the weekend. …
Read More »Parkland Shooting Survivor Commits Suicide After Suffering From PTSD
A Majory Stoneman Parkland student who survived the Parkland shooting has committed suicide. Sydney Aiello, 19, was a recent graduate who was at the school the same day as domestic terrorist Nikolas Cruz, who fatally shot 17 people in a mass shooting in the South Florida high school. Aiello was …
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