Florida grand jury wants school board members removed over Parkland massacre
A Florida grand jury empaneled after a 2018 school massacre has recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove from office four members of the Broward County school board, saying they and district administrators displayed “deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence” in their handling of a campus safety program.
Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school shooting
The guilty pleas will set the stage for a penalty trial in which 12 jurors will determine whether Cruz should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
Parkland shooter trial: Jury shown dried blood and roses at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Roses brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier.
Parkland shooter trial: Jurors see Nikolas Cruz’s violent internet posts
Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz saw evidence Wednesday of his growing obsession to commit a massacre, seeing internet posts and searches about mass killings in the months before he murdered 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Parkland shooter trial: Officers describe horror they saw after massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Prosecutors on Friday showed jurors photos of the horrific damage the bullets fired by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s AR-15 rifle did to some of his 17 victims, causing extensive wounds to their heads, bodies, and limbs.
Nikolas Cruz penalty trial: Teachers weep recalling students killed in Parkland high school shooting
Teachers gave heart-wrenching testimony Wednesday in the penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, with one recalling how a boy in her Holocaust studies class correctly answered a question seconds before he became one of 17 people murdered during the school shooter’s rampage four years ago.
Nikolas Cruz trial: Penalty phase begins to determine life or death in Parkland high school mass shooting
The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley.
Judge won’t delay Florida school shooting sentencing trial
A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 people were killed.
Florida jury sworn in to determine life or death for Nikolas Cruz: Here are juror descriptions
The jury that will decide whether Nikolas Cruz should get the death penalty for killing 17 people in the 2018 shooting rampage at a Parkland, Florida, high school was finally selected Wednesday, after a painstaking, stop-and-start process that took nearly three months.
Parkland shooter’s jury selection enters final stretch
The final phase of jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began Wednesday with prosecutors and defense attorneys asking candidates about their job histories, opinions on law enforcement and racial minorities, whether they own guns, and if they could handle viewing gruesome crime scene photos.
Parkland shooting survivors, victims' families react to Texas elementary school shooting
The survivors and families of Parkland shooting victims are experiencing a kindred, gut-wrenching heartbreak with those experiencing loss in Uvalde, Texas.
Parkland shooting: Potential Nikolas Cruz sentencing juror says she can't be on jury because of 'sugar daddy'
The selected jurors will eventually determine whether Cruz will face the death penalty or life in prison.
4 years later: Florida remembers deadly Parkland school shooting
The killer, Nikolas Cruz, pleaded guilty in October to their murders. The penalty trial that will decide whether he receives the death penalty or life in prison is scheduled to begin in April.
Parkland school massacre families reach $25M settlement with district
The settlement comes after the school district had won a state Supreme Court ruling that could have capped total damages at $300,000 without approval.
Parkland survivor: School gunman's guilty plea won't bring closure
The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida will plead guilty to their murders next week.
Parkland shooting suspect can’t be called ‘animal’ during trial
Nikolas Cruz Cruz, 22, has pleaded not guilty to the killings of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland.
Video shows Parkland school shooting suspect attacking jail guard
In the video shown in court, Cruz stops about 10 feet from the guard and they appear to exchange words.
Judge: Parkland school had no duty to predict student danger
Nikolas Cruz awaits trial on multiple murder charges and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Court clears way for case against Parkland school monitor
The appeals court, upholding a decision by a Broward County circuit judge, said the allegations in the case were adequate to consider whether Medina acted wi
School shooting victim’s dad named to Florida school board
The man's 14-year-old daughter was one of 17 people killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018.