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Florida sheriff questioned for posting identities of teens who made school shooting threats

Experts criticize Michael Chitwood’s ‘shaming’ tactic of uploading videos and mugshot of teens to deter gun crime

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2024

Sheriff Publicly Identifies Students Making School Shooting Threats

Sheriff's public identification of an 11-year-old planning a school shooting sparks debate on gun violence and juvenile justice.

Top News · Sep 18, 2024

Six years after the Parkland school massacre, the bloodstained building will finally be demolished

Demolition of the building where 17 people died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting is set to begin

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

Nikolas Cruz is formally sentenced to 34 consecutive life terms in prison for Parkland shooting

Victims’ family members spoke of their devastation with the jury’s verdict after Nikolas Cruz’s life was spared

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time to express their anger and grief.

WEKU · Nov 2, 2022

Families’ hope for Parkland killer: ‘A name on a tombstone no one visits’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With his fate sealed and his life spared, the gunman who murdered 17 people stepped into a Broward County courtroom Tuesday to face the ire of those whose lives he shattered.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

Families’ hope for Parkland killer: ‘A name on a tombstone no one visits’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With his fate sealed and his life spared, the gunman who took 17 lives stepped into a Broward courtroom Tuesday morning to face return fire.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Medical examiner, police share precise and painful details about the Stoneman Douglas victims

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors in the penalty trial of the confessed Parkland gunman listened to law enforcement officers describe carnage during the fifth day of testimony: injured students pleading for help, and body after body of people who were either defenseless or spent their final breaths providing cover for…

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Parkland activists join renewed push for gun safety laws

Local activists, including some familiar faces from Parkland, have stepped back into their roles to help pave the way toward gun safety reform.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022