The Latest Breaking News from Parkland

Father of Parkland massacre victim slams gun control inaction as Texas shooting ‘pulls me back to a moment that is unfathomable’

Tuesday’s massacre in a Texas elementary school pierced parents such as Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

School shootings have increased recently; the violence in Texas is among the deadliest

School shootings have been on the rise recently, but the scale of carnage Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is by far the worst since the 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022

Parkland shooting trial gets new start date

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —The official start date for testimony in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial has been pushed back to account for the two-week delay caused by a key lawyer’s apparent illness this month.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Jury selection postponed in Parkland mass shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jury selection in the Parkland mass shooting case was postponed Monday until next week, after the lead defense attorney and two other lawyers could not make it to court.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

In reversal, judge salvages 2 weeks of jury selection in Parkland mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting case reversed course Wednesday, preserving the first two weeks of jury selection after tossing them earlier this week.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Prosecutors and defense clash over motion to block the death penalty in Parkland mass shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A judge’s willingness to strike more than 200 jurors from consideration in the Parkland mass shooting trial was an error so significant, according to lawyers for the defendant, that the state should no longer be permitted to seek the death penalty.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Judge scraps 2 weeks of jury selection in Parkland mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial pulled the plug on jury selection Monday, then started over with a new panel of potential jurors to decide the fate of confessed killer Nikolas Cruz.

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Did judge just scrap two weeks of jury selection in Parkland mass shooting trial?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial appeared to start the jury selection process from scratch Monday, scrapping two weeks of work and telling more 200 jurors who survived the first round of screening that their services will no longer be required.

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Judge rules that jury selection must start over in trial of Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Jury selection in Parkland mass murder trial is about to get more interesting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial has screened more than 1,200 potential jurors to decide the fate of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz, focusing on a single question — who has time to sit on a four-month trial without suffering some kind of hardship, financial…

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022