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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Nikolas Cruz claimed he was buying AR-15 to ‘go shooting with friends’, sentencing trial hears

AP

Convicted murderer Nikolas Cruz claimed that he was buying his AR-15 so that he could “go shooting with my friends” one year before he used the weapon to murder 17 students and staff members, jurors heard at his sentencing trial.

Michael Morrison, the owner of Sunrise Tactical Supply in Coral Springs, Florida, took the witness stand on Tuesday to testify about the moment that he sold Cruz the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 semi-automatic rifle used in the mass shooting at Parkland, Florida.

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