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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

‘Daddy’s dead’: Mother’s friend describes moment Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz watched father die

AP

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz watched his adoptive father die when he was just five years old, running and telling his mother “daddy’s dead”, according to harrowing courtroom testimony.

Video testimony from Finai Browd, who was friends with Cruz’s late adoptive mother Lynda Cruz, was played in court on Monday as the defence continues to try to convince jurors to sentence him to life in prison instead of death.

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