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‘You had to be a moron’ not to know Parkland gunman had ADHD, former family friend testifies

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A reluctant witness took the stand Tuesday in the sentencing trial of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.

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Witness: Florida school shooter struggled in middle school

A former counselor testified that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz struggled academically and behaviorally in middle school

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Court hears girl accused gunman Nikolas Cruz of inappropriate touching years before Parkland

Witness Finai Browd also revealed that Nikolas Cruz watched his adoptive father Roger die when he was just five years old

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter asked if people ‘ate’ corpses and told class ‘I like guns’

Jurors will decide whether gunman Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison or death

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Court hears girl accused gunman Nikolas Cruz of inappropriate touching years before Parkland

Witness Finai Browd also revealed that Nikolas Cruz watched his adoptive father Roger die when he was just five years old

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Jury hears more unsettling details about Parkland gunman’s troubled childhood

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lynda Cruz saw her son run from the den of their Parkland home to his bedroom, crying.

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

‘As clear as sunshine he said, ‘No, Daddy is dead,’’ testifies Finai Browd, a friend of Nikolas Cruz’s late adoptive mother

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Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

As the sentencing trial continues for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Rachel Sharp investigates what led up to the massacre and what’s happened since

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Nikolas Cruz: Who was the Parkland shooter’s biological mother Brenda Woodard?

Killer’s defence team argues birth mother’s drink and drug abuse ‘poisoned him in the womb’

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Nikolas Cruz: What are fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and does the Parkland shooter have one?

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are conditions caused by an individual being exposed to alcohol before birth

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Testimony: School shooter witnessed dad's death at age 5

A family friend says Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a small child witnessed his adoptive father's sudden death

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter saw dad die and ‘inappropriately touched’ girl, court hears

Jurors will decide whether gunman Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison or death

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing latest: Parkland shooter’s school warned doctor about his dreams of killing others

The public defence team for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz began presenting its case in court Monday

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Warning about Parkland gunman fell through the cracks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mental health experts who treated the Parkland gunman in the years leading up to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School testified Thursday that they would not have been able to predict the tragedy based on what they knew.

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Nikolas Cruz had dreams of killing people and being covered in blood four years before Parkland, trial hears

School therapists warned in a 2014 letter about Cruz’s ‘paranoid’ and ‘disturbing’ behaviour and detailed that the teenager had an obsession with firearms

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Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing

Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns and dreamed of killing others and being covered in blood

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter’s school warned doctor about his dreams of killing others

The public defence team for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz began presenting its case in court Monday

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School police didn’t stop Parkland or Uvalde shootings, and often discriminate against students. Why did Biden give them $300m?

Campus police officers are often cited as an effective tool against gun violence. But the data shows they do little to stop school shootings — and often discriminate against students of colour. Josh Marcus reports

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‘This boy did not go bad. He was never right.’ Parkland school shooter didn’t fit in, neighbor says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former neighbor of the Parkland school shooter shared bizarre anecdotes about his childhood for jurors Wednesday, describing a boy who always seemed like something was “not right.”

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Nikolas Cruz’s former neighbour acts out how ‘weird’ Parkland shooter ran around house with air gun as a child

Witness told defence team: ‘This boy did not go bad. He was never right’

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman’s mom struggled to raise him, psychologist says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lynda Cruz was in over her head, a now-retired psychologist testified Wednesday.

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Psychologist: School shooter didn't get consistent treatment

A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral and developmental issues

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Disturbing photo shows Nikolas Cruz wrote ‘666’ in his own blood on prison cell walls

Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) released the image among a trove of disturbing jailhouse drawings and notes made by the 23-year-old behind bars

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Chilling jailhouse drawings show Nikolas Cruz saying he wants to ‘go to death row’ and be ‘buried with a woman’

Among the 30 pages of disturbing notes and sketches are images of the devil, words appear to be written in blood and pictures appearing to depict the Valentine’s Day 2018 shooting. WARNING: Disturbing content

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Childhood pictures of Parkland school killer Nikolas Cruz shown to jury during sentencing hearing

Trial to determine if Nikolas Cruz gets death sentence or life in jail

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