FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deliberation room where 12 jurors decided the fate of confessed mass shooter Nikolas Cruz may have been a crime scene itself — a juror told prosecutors she was threatened by a fellow juror during deliberations.
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer gave prosecutors permission Friday to release the name of the juror making the allegation to the Broward Sheriff’s Office to open an investigation. She also said two jurors tried to get her attention after Thursday’s verdict was read. One asked a bailiff if there was an official way to “file a complaint.”
Neither of those jurors is the one who ended up calling prosecutors later Thursday afternoon, the judge said. According to a motion filed late Thursday, prosecutors wanted law enforcement to question that juror, who asked to speak to lead prosecutor Mike Satz.
