Florida mass school shooter agrees to donate brain to science in stunning settlement
"I figured if scientists studied his brain they might be able to figure out what created this monster."
Site of deadly mass shooting in Parkland demolished
A large excavator stretched to the top floor of the three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, punching its first hole Friday into the classroom where teacher Scott Beigel perished saving students.
Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting falls on 6-year anniversary of Parkland shooting
"Parades, rallies, schools, movies, it seems like almost nothing is safe," said Kansas City Mayor Quinton Luca.
Florida schools to implement new threat management system to help identify concerning behaviors
It's been more than five years since 17 lives were lost in the Parkland school shooting. It led to the creation of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission to better assess school threats and prevent mass shootings.
Parkland parents bring 23 buses to NRA's Virginia headquarters for gun control demonstration
Twenty-three empty school buses were parked outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Virginia as part of a gun control demonstration led by the parents of a Parkland school shooting victim.
Parkland school shooting to be re-enacted as part of civil lawsuit before building is demolished
Nine members of Congress are expected to tour the blood-stained and bullet-pocked halls at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday, shortly before ballistics technicians reenact the massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead.
Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
Death penalty change signed into law months after Parkland shooter escapes death sentence
Months after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the Parkland shooter’s death penalty case, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that would change the requirements in Florida.
Pinellas sheriff reflects on school safety commission’s changes made five years after Parkland shooting
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri remembers where he was the moment so many lives, including his own, changed on February 14, 2018 – the day of the Parkland school shooting.
Family of Parkland victim creates program for families impacted by gun violence
As the five-year anniversary of the Parkland school shooting approaches, family members of the victims work to honor them.
Florida lawmakers propose getting rid of unanimous jury recommendations for the death penalty
Florida lawmakers have filed a bill to get rid of a requirement that a jury must be unanimous in order for a convicted criminal to be sentenced to death. If passed, it would allow judges in the state to impose the death penalty if 8 out of 12 jurors agree. The issue has gained momentum after a South Florida jury sentenced Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz to life in prison because 3 of the jurors voted against the death penalty.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wants more armed people at schools in case of a shooting
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is advocating that every school have more than one armed person on campus in case an active shooter shows up.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.
Parkland judge and defense shout during sentencing as victims' families unleash grief, anger on Nikolas Cruz
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's sentencing hearing was filled with emotional, angry statements from the families of his victims, but then his defense attorneys objected to what they called "attacks" on the defense and their children. That's when the hearing erupted into a shouting match between the attorneys and the judge.
Parkland shooter trial: $2.5M spent on housing Nikolas Cruz since 2018, sheriff's office says
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz has been behind bars since February 14, 2018, the day he murdered 17 people. In the 4 and a half years since, the Broward Sheriff's Office says it has cost the agency over $2.5 million to house and supervise the confessed killer. Meanwhile, the state of Florida spent more than $2 million prosecuting Cruz.
Parkland shooter prosecutors ask for investigation after juror said she felt threatened by fellow juror
Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another member of the jury during deliberations that ended with a life sentence for Cruz’s murder of 17 people.
The victims of the 2018 Parkland high school massacre
A jury recommended a sentence of life without parole for the killer in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Here are the victims.
Three Parkland shooting trial jurors voted against death penalty, foreperson says
The jury foreman said three of the jurors ultimately voted for life in prison, with one of them being a "hard no" on the death penalty and another two ultimately choosing to vote against it as well.
Jury in Parkland shooting penalty trial recommends life in prison for Nikolas Cruz
Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed.
‘You deserve the death penalty’: Florida leaders decry life in prison sentence for Nikolas Cruz
Leaders across Florida and loved ones of Parkland shooting victims publicly denounced and expressed anger following the jury's recommendation for a life in prison sentence for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people on Valentine's Day in 2018.