FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the Parkland killer was asked why he wanted to buy an AR-15-style rifle, he said it was to go shooting with his friends over the weekend, a former gun shop owner testified Tuesday.
Michael Morrison owned the shop Sunrise Tactical Supply in February 2017 when then-18-year-old Nikolas Cruz bought a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 semi-automatic rifle for $618.17.
A year later, the gun would be used to kill 17 and injure 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018. The second week of the trial to determine whether Cruz is executed for the mass shooting continued Tuesday morning with testimony from Morrison and a medical examiner who conducted the autopsies of three victims.
