The Latest Breaking News from Stoneman Douglas

Parkland gunshot victims and their teachers testify about a Valentine's Day that ended in horror

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The killer gave one warning to one student — “Get out of here,” he said. “Things are going to get bad.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

‘Someone help me.’ Victim's pleas, loud gunfire on video shake courtroom on opening day of Parkland shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to reach a courtroom in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

‘Someone help me’: Victim’s pleas from video evidence shake courtroom on opening day of Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The horrifying sounds of gunshots, screams and pleas for help filled a Broward County courtroom Thursday on the first day of the trial to determine if the confessed Parkland shooter is put to death.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

Father of Parkland victim shouts objection as Biden ‘celebrates’ new gun law

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech Monday during a White House event commemorating the new law aimed at reducing gun violence.

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

Judge limits access to gruesome Parkland murder photos and video

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case inches closer to trial, the judge overseeing it is setting down strict rules to protect sensitive crime scene photos and videos from leaking to the general public.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Florida jury sworn in to determine school shooter's penalty

A jury of seven men and five women have been sworn in for the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Shock, anger, guilt: What Parkland can teach Uvalde about mental health struggles ahead

Four years after her daughter watched a friend get shot in a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School classroom, Nicole Cook is angry that another community faces the same magnitude of mental health recovery without a roadmap.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Obsession with guns. Dysfunctional families. Many parallels exist between Parkland and Uvalde shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young man with a troubled home life, who felt bullied at school and developed an obsession with guns, easily walked onto a school campus where he murdered students and staff with a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle.

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

For Parkland survivor, a long road to recovery from trauma

Eden Hebron witnessed a gunman kill a close friend and two other students on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida

The Independent UK · May 7, 2022

Jury will be allowed to tour site of Parkland mass shooting, judge rules

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors at the upcoming trial of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooter still will get a chance to visit the scene of the crime, even though the killer’s guilt is no longer in question, Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer has ruled.

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022