TEHRAN, February 16 -The suspect in the Parkland, Florida high school shooting that claimed 17 lives has confessed to the attack. Police have released details of his movements before he was captured.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The suspect in the Parkland, Florida high school shooting that claimed 17 lives has confessed to the attack. Police have released details of his movements before he was captured.
Officer Michael Leonard of the Coconut Creek Police Department encountered Cruz about 40 minutes after the suspect had left the McDonald’s, and decided to confront him.
“He complied with my commands and was taken into custody without any issues,” Leonard told reporters.
A judge ordered Cruz to be held without bond on Thursday. His public defender, Melisa McNeill, said that he was sad and remorseful. Cruz was fully aware of what was going on and is a “broken human being,”McNeill said.
Police have recovered the rifle and the vest that Cruz had discarded. The sheriff’s report says that Cruz purchased the rifle in February 2017, but does not say where.
Cruz was reportedly expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas over disciplinary issues. Jordan Jereb, the leader of the “Republic of Florida” white identitarian militia, told AP on Thursday that Cruz took part in some activities with the group, but “acted on his own behalf” in the school attack.
Jereb also said Cruz had “trouble with a girl” and believes it wasn’t a coincidence the attack was carried out on Valentine’s Day.
Jereb later backtracked on his words. Police in Tallahassee, where the ROF is based, said they have “no known ties” to connect Cruz to the group.
Source:RT
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