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The prosecutor recounted the coldness and cruelty of Parkland gunman as trial begins

Relatives and family members enter the courtroom after recess on the first day of the sentencing trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Judicial Complex on Monday in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP, Pool)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley.

Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in his opening statement how Cruz killed their children at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Others sat stoically, their arms crossed over their chests. One woman who lost her daughter fled the courtroom, sobbing and holding tissue to her face.

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