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Marjory Stoneman Douglas killer was anxious on his way to the school, Uber driver says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Uber driver who transported the killer to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the day of the mass shooting recalled him being anxious and nervous.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022

Jurors get first glimpse at AR-15-style rifle used to kill 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors got their first look Monday at the semi-automatic rifile that was used to kill 17 people and injure 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022

Parkland shooter slipped away in panic and chaos at high school, calmly went into fast-food places, videos in court show

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For three days, survivors of the Parkland mass shooting provided graphic witness accounts of the chaos and uncertainty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Students and teachers displayed their scars and braces, their firsthand accounts of the murders, their confusion at whether…

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Editorial: Florida reacted to school shootings. The US can, too

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators met Tuesday on Zoom to continue exploring a compromise on gun safety legislation, just as more families in Uvalde, Texas, held funerals for some of 19 children and two teachers slaughtered there at an elementary school last week. We’re not naive enough to think…

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Judge rules that jury selection must start over in trial of Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Editorial: Maybe Biden should personally listen to Parkland’s dad plea for more gun control

While our attention drifted elsewhere in the four years since a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killed 17 people, Manuel Oliver recaptured it, starkly reminding us that the pain of losing a child does not ease.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2022

‘There’s hope in healing’ as community remembers victims of Parkland school shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. — As the years pass, the Parkland community pauses each Feb. 14 to remember victims of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2022

Judge rules Parkland shooter’s Instagram photos may be shown to jury

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz had no expectation of privacy when he posted disturbing photos to his Instagram account before committing a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a judge ruled Monday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2022