FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Months after he was jailed for the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the gunman picked a fight with a uniformed deputy guarding him at the Broward Main Jail, an altercation that was captured on surveillance video that was shown to a jury Wednesday.
The video, which had previously been released to the public, is not especially graphic. It shows gunman Nikolas Cruz, in his orange jail-issued jumpsuit, exchanging words with Sgt. Raymond Beltran before rushing the deputy and taking his stun gun.
Beltran testified Wednesday at the penalty phase trial of Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse. Prosecutors are asking jurors to consider the incident while deciding whether Cruz should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
