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Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Part of school shootings in the United States
The Pine Island Road entrance to Stoneman Douglas High School in 2008
Stoneman Douglas High School is located in Florida
Stoneman Douglas High School
Stoneman Douglas High School
Stoneman Douglas High School (Florida)
LocationMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School
5901 Pine Island Road
Parkland, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates26°18′19″N 80°16′06″W / 26.3053°N 80.2683°W / 26.3053; -80.2683 (shooting)
26°17′23″N 80°17′14″W / 26.2897°N 80.2871°W / 26.2897; -80.2871 (arrest)
DateFebruary 14, 2018 (2018-02-14)
2:21 p.m. – 2:27 p.m. (EST, UTC−5)
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting
WeaponsSmith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle
Deaths17
Injured15
Charges17 counts of capital murder

On the afternoon of February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. 17 people were killed and 15 more were taken to hospitals, making it one of the world's deadliest school massacres.[1][2] The suspected perpetrator, Nikolas Jacob Cruz, was arrested shortly afterward and confessed to the shooting, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.[3] He was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.

In September 2017 it had been reported to the FBI that "Nikolas Cruz" had posted social media messages in which he stated his aspiration to become a "professional school shooter" with his AR-15 style rifle. In January 2018, a month prior to the shooting, the FBI received another tip, that Cruz had made a death threat, but due to an error, its Miami field office was never notified of this information. Police and prosecutors have not yet established a motive for the rampage and are looking into "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".[4]

Shooting

Cruz being arrested by police officers after the killings

The shooting took place during the afternoon of February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The suspected shooter, Nikolas Cruz, requested an Uber ride and was dropped off at the school at 2:19 p.m. EST.[5] He was carrying a backpack and a long bag.

Cruz entered the "freshman building",[note 1] a three-story structure containing 30 classrooms typically occupied by about 900 students and 30 teachers.[6] He activated a fire alarm while he was armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P15 (an AR-15-style carbine) and multiple magazines, and began shooting indiscriminately at students and staff members.[7][8][9] He had purchased the rifle legally from a nearby Coral Springs gun store in February 2017.[10] At approximately 2:21, near dismissal time, staff members heard gunfire and activated a "code red" lockdown.[11][12][13]

The shooting rampage lasted six minutes,[14] after which Cruz discarded his weapon and left the scene by blending in with fleeing students. He walked to a Walmart, where he purchased a soda at its Subway restaurant. He then walked to a McDonald's and lingered before leaving on foot at 3:01.[5] At about 3:40 p.m., he was stopped by a Coconut Creek police officer[15] at 4700 Wyndham Lakes Drive in Coral Springs, and taken into custody without incident.[16][17] School surveillance cameras recorded Cruz as the perpetrator.[18][19]

Victims

Fourteen students and three staff members were killed and many others injured, including at least 15 who were taken to area hospitals.[20][21][22] Three people remained in critical condition the next day.[23] Of those killed, twelve died in the school, two just outside the school buildings, one on the street, and two at the hospital.[20] The dead were:[24]

  • Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
  • Scott Beigel, 35
  • Martin Duque, 14
  • Nicholas Dworet, 17
  • Aaron Feis, 37
  • Jaime Guttenberg, 14
  • Chris Hixon, 49
  • Luke Hoyer, 15
  • Cara Loughran, 14
  • Gina Montalto, 14
  • Joaquin Oliver, 17
  • Alaina Petty, 14
  • Meadow Pollack, 18
  • Helena Ramsay, 17
  • Alex Schachter, 14
  • Carmen Schentrup, 16
  • Peter Wang, 15

Scott Beigel, a geography teacher at the school, was shot dead after he unlocked a classroom for students to hide; some students survived because the gunman did not enter the classroom.[25][26] Aaron Feis was an assistant football coach and security guard at the school; he was shot and killed as he shielded two students.[27] Chris Hixon, the school's athletic director, was killed as he ran toward the sound of the gunfire.[28]15-year-old Peter Wang was last seen in JROTC uniform holding open doors so others could get out more quickly. Wang has been called a hero and there were many calls to bury him with full military honors.[29][30]

Nikolas Cruz

Broward County Sheriff's Office mugshot of Cruz

The suspected shooter was identified as Nikolas Jacob Cruz, a 19-year-old former student at the school.[31][32] His former math teacher said an email from the school administration had circulated among teachers. The email warned that Cruz had made threats against other students, which led the school to ban him from wearing a backpack on campus. He was later expelled for disciplinary reasons.[33][31][34]

Cruz was born on September 24, 1998, in Margate, Florida, and was adopted at age 2.[35] His adoptive father died during Cruz's childhood. His adoptive mother died at age 68 in November 2017.[36] Cruz had been living with relatives and friends since her death. He had previously been receiving mental health treatment, but stopped going.[37][38]

He was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) and had received multiple awards for outstanding academic performance. He was also a member of his school's varsity air rifle team.[37][39] A former classmate said Cruz had anger management problems and often joked about guns and gun violence, including "shooting up establishments".[40] Another described him as "super stressed out all the time and talked about guns a lot and tried to hide his face".[41] A current student said, "I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him."[41] Another classmate described him as a loner with few friends, saying, "He told me how he got kicked out of two private schools. He was held back twice. He had aspirations to join the military. He enjoyed hunting."[37] Cruz also bragged about killing animals. A neighbor said Cruz's mother would call the police over to the house to try to "talk some sense" into him.[42]

Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County described Cruz's online profiles and accounts as "very, very disturbing". They contained numerous pictures and posts of him with a variety of weapons, including long knives, a shotgun, a pistol, and a BB gun.[37] The Florida Department of Children and Families investigated Cruz in September 2016 for Snapchat posts in which he cut both his arms and said he planned to buy a gun. State investigators reported Cruz had depression, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and assessed that he was not a risk.[43] Cruz's YouTube videos included violent threats, such as "I wanna die Fighting killing s**t ton of people", threats against police officers and Antifa, and an admiration of the University of Texas tower shooting.[37][44] He left a comment on another user's YouTube video on September 24, 2017, stating "I'm going to be a professional school shooter", which prompted the user to report him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to FBI agent Robert Lasky, the FBI was unable to identify the commenter after conducting database reviews and checks.[45][46]

Police said Cruz holds "extremist" views and social media accounts believed to be linked to him contain anti-black and anti-Muslim slurs.[37] In a private Instagram group he titled "Murica (American flag emoji) (eagle emoji) great", he advocated killing Mexicans, blacks, and gays. According to CNN, Cruz said that his hate for black people was "simply because they were black", and he referred to white women in interracial relationships as traitors.[47]

Cruz's arraignment (3:02)

At his arraignment before Judge Kim Theresa Mollica on February 15, Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and ordered held without bond.[48][49] If convicted of capital murder by a jury, he could face the death penalty.[50] According to an affidavit by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, he confessed to the shooting, stating that he brought additional loaded magazines hidden in a backpack.[3][51] The public defender's office said he will plead guilty if the death penalty is taken off the table.[52] The chief public defender in Broward County said that it is not yet known if Cruz's attorneys will seek an insanity defense.[53] Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she is certain prosecutors will seek the death penalty.[54]

Aftermath

Pavement markings at Tamalpais High School at a vigil for Stoneman Douglas
The Broward County sheriff, Scott Israel, visiting one of the victims at a hospital four days after the attack

First responders established a triage tent outside the school.[21] The school district provided grief counseling to students and their families. Additionally, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said costs of funerals and counseling would be covered by the state.[55]

At least three counties of Florida and Virginia increased police presence at schools on February 15 in response to the shooting.[56][57][58] The building where the shooting took place will be torn down.[59]

Cruz was placed on suicide watch in an isolation cell.[60]

Political reactions

Trump offered his prayers and condolences to the victims' families, writing, "no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school".[61][62] In a televised address to the nation, he mentioned school safety and mental health issues.[63] Scott ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff.[64] Trump later ordered flags be flown at half-staff for the entire United States.[65] Two days after the shooting, Trump and his wife Melania paid a one-hour visit to the victims' hospital, congratulating physicians and posing with staff for photos, with a thumbs-up gesture.[66]

BBC News characterized Republican politicians' reactions as focusing on mental health issues while dodging debate on gun control with the reasons that it was either "too political or too soon". Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said that this was the time to "step back and count our blessings" instead of "taking sides and fighting each other politically".[67] Florida Senator Marco Rubio said that "most" proposals on stricter gun laws "would not have prevented" this shooting nor "any of those [shootings] in recent history" and that lawmakers should "focus on the violence part" alongside guns.[68]

Al Hoffman Jr., a prominent Florida GOP political donor and Rubio supporter, publicized an email sent to Florida GOP politicians after the shooting, including governor Rick Scott and former governor Jeb Bush, pledging to no longer fund legislative groups or candidates who were not actively working to ban sales of military-style assault weapons to civilians. "For how many years now have we been doing this – having these experiences of terrorism, mass killings – and how many years has it been that nothing's been done?" Hoffman said. "It's the end of the road for me."[69]

The Alliance for Securing Democracy alleged Russian bot accounts used Twitter to inflame tensions by posting loaded comments that support or oppose gun control to divide Americans.[70][71] It said other Russia-linked accounts have labelled the shooting as a false flag operation which the U.S. government will exploit to seize guns from citizens.[72]

Gun control advocacy

Shortly after the attack, public comment quickly shifted focus to gun politics. Several student survivors criticized the response, asking politicians to get things done to prevent more children from dying in shootings rather than just offer condolences. Some of these students have demanded tighter gun control as a course of action.[73][74][75][76][77] One of the teachers said there were so many casualties even after the people at the school had done all they were supposed to do. She felt the government had not done enough to keep the students at her school safe.[1][20][78] Broward County Schools Superintendent Rob Runcie said, "now is the time to have a real conversation about gun control legislation".[51][79]

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel called on lawmakers to amend the Florida Mental Health Act to allow police to detain and hospitalize people who make disturbing posts on social media, not just clear threats. "I'm talking about being around bombs, possibly talking about 'I want to be a serial killer,' talking about taking people's lives," he said. "Just taking a picture with a gun or a knife or a weapon – that in and of itself is clearly not even remotely something that we're concerned about."[80]

Protests

Student survivors organized the group Never Again MSD in the aftermath of the shooting.[81] The group began on social media using the hashtag #NeverAgain.[82] It has demanded legislative action to prevent similar shootings in the future and has vocally condemned U.S. lawmakers who have received political contributions from the National Rifle Association (NRA).[83][84][85][86] Never Again MSD held a rally on February 17, 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, attended by hundreds of supporters.[87] Emma González was noted for her impassioned speech rebuking "thoughts and prayers" from the government and the President.[88][89] The Women's March Network is planning a 17-minute school walkout on March 14, 2018.[90][91] "March for Our Lives", a nationwide student demonstration which will include a march in Washington, D.C., is planned for March 24, 2018.[92][93][94] González is emerging as a passionate advocate for gun control,[95][96][97] speaking with a "new strain of furious advocacy", according to a report in the Washington Post.[95] She is one of the teenage leaders of a protest movement against gun violence in the United States.[98] She pledged to work with her peers to pressure lawmakers to change the law.[99]

The people in the government who are voted into power are lying to us ... And us kids seem to be the only ones who notice and are prepared to call B.S.

— Emma González[99]

González's speech, described as "scathing", appeared on YouTube and quickly went viral,[100] in which she criticized lawmakers and president Donald Trump for receiving money from the NRA:[101][102]

If the President wants to ... tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy ... I'm going to happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle Association. ... Thirty million dollars. And divided by the number of gunshot victims in the United States in the one and one-half months in 2018 alone, that comes out to being $5,800. Is that how much these people are worth to you, Trump?

— Emma González[96]

On April 20, 2018, anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, all-day walkouts are planned by teacher groups with Diane Ravitch and David Berliner,[103] and by student groups with Lane Murdock of Ridgefield High School.[104]

FBI mishandling of information

On January 5, 2018, the FBI's Public Access Line received a tip from a person who was close to Cruz. On February 16 (two days after the shooting), the agency released a statement that detailed this information. According to the statement, "The caller provided information about Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting." After conducting an investigation, the FBI admitted it had mishandled the information when it was not forwarded to the Miami Field Office where investigative steps would have been taken.[105][106]

Florida Governor Scott called on FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to resign after the agency mishandled information that might have prevented the shooting.[107] President Trump tweeted that the FBI failed to detect the shooter because they "are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign".[108] Senator Tim Scott (R–SC) said the FBI's handling of the tip was "a separate issue" from how much time the FBI spent on the Russia investigation.[109]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ So called because it was originally built for use only by freshmen, but it later became used for other grades as well.

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