Nikolas Cruz Identified as the Gunman in the Parkland School Shooting that Left 17 Dead

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Hinterland Gazette

Nikolas Cruz Identified as the Gunman in the Parkland School Shooting that Left 17 Dead
Written by Janet Shan on February 14, 2018





Police have identified the Parkland school shooting suspect at Nikolas Cruz (Nicolas Cruz), 19, who has been described as “weird and creepy.”

Cruz used a .223 caliber AR15-style firearm in the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead and up to 50 injured. He had “multiple magazines.” of ammunition. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) said Cruz wore a gas mask and had hand grenades. He set off the fire alarms so the students would come out of the classrooms.

Cruz was expelled from the school last year for disciplinary reasons. He had some preoccupation with guns and had posted some disturbing things online. One teacher said Nicolas Cruz was identified as a potential threat to his classmates last year.

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Student Ocean Parodie told The Daily Beast: “He always had his hair short. He always wore like really patriotic shirts that seemed really extreme, like hating on the Islamic religion. For example, he would say things such as like, he would degrade islamic people as terrorists and bombers. I’ve seen him wear a Trump hat. I don’t know if he ever said anything about women. He didn’t have any friends.”

Read more: https://hinterlandgazette.com/2018/02/nicolas-cruz-identified-as-the-gunman-in-the-parkland-school-shooting-that-left-17-dead.html

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Why? Parkland Florida High Shooter I’d with seventeen dead and 50 injured
By Christopher Koulouris - February 14, 2018

Nicolas de Jesus Cruz identified as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooter. How a former student with prior disciplinary issues took down his former school.
Nicolas de Jesus Cruz a 19 year old Florida man has been identified as the individual suspected of opening fire on a Florida high school on Ash Wednesday, leaving as many as seventeen dead and up to 50 injured.

Local reports told of Cruz a former student entering Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, armed with what appears to be an assault rifle, and began shooting at just after 2pm.

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‘A lot of people were saying it was going to be him,’ he said. ‘A lot of kids threw jokes around saying that he was going to be the one to shoot up the school. It turns out that everyone predicted it. That’s crazy.’



More:
https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2018/02/nicolas-de-jesus-cruz-parkland-florida-high-shooting/

[George II]

1. This is so sad, when is it going to stop?

[lagomorph777]

13. When we stop the flow of #NRAROUBLES.

[DoctorJoJo]

2. Wonder If He Is Related To Ted? He Is Pretty Creepy, Too!

[LeftInTX]

4. Haa Haa!! Let's start a rumor

Cruz is a freaking common last name, but hey they play dirty tricks. We can too!!

[lagomorph777]

14. That Cruz family - first JFK, now high school massacre.

Ted should do something about it.

[IronLionZion]

3. Watch them make it about Latinos, not guns

Oh, and it's a good thing he doesn't have a political agenda and is therefore not a terrorist. Glad nobody was terrorized today.

[LeftInTX]

5. MS-13

Trump's latest punching bag

[BamaRefugee]

9. Was often seen wearing a Trump hat. FTW

[christx30]

10. I've already seen it.

They jumped on the Hispanic surname, asking if he was a Dreamer.

[haele]

18. Ummm - Florida was a Spanish colony since the 1500's.

de Jesus-Cruz could easily have been a family name since that time. And considering Florida history, it can be name expected to be found in such a well-off community.

As it is, the kid looks awfully, well, "European" - to be lumped into the "Dreamer" or the MS-13 stereotype for those MAGA types.
If I ignored the last name, I could easily see him as nephew of Hannity, Jones, Trump, Kelly, Murdoch, the Mercers...looks like a typical upper class Anglo kid who might have a bit of an "attitude problem".

Haele

[watoos]

12. Cruz is like the name Smith

The Cruz who I worked with in Pennsylvania was Puerto Rican. One of the hardest workers I ever worked with. Isn't Puerto Rico an American territory?

How about we talk about the "Latino" Marco Rubio instead?

[forgotmylogin]

6. who could possibly have predicted

Now the Sheriff emphasizing "if you see something, say something" makes sense.

[SunSeeker]

7. Another right wing terrorist, complete with Trump hat.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. note comment

There is a comment at the bottom of the scallywagandvagabond article:

Tdog123 • 10 hours ago

The angry, leftist, socialist, democrats, have created a nation of victims. Victims who take their anger out upon the innocent. Protest, provoke, riot, resist, the democratic mantra.

[SunSeeker]

15. Of course. Even though this gun nut wore a Trump hat, right wingers will call him a Dem.

Republicans lie because they must. The truth is not their friend.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. and .... OBAMA!

Can't make this shit up:

Ted Cruz claims Dems trying to ‘politicize’ massacre — then blames Obama for mass shooting

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/ted-cruz-claims-dems-trying-politicize-massacre-blames-obama-mass-shooting/

[SunSeeker]

17. Oy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. you knew it was coming

Deflect and grift. Over and over and over.

[TomCADem]

8. NY Times - A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill: Special Education

Not only are Republicans fighting against gun control, but they are also cutting funding to special education programs that could assist teens with mental illness and autism.

A perfect recipe for more gun shootings. Easy access to guns plus rollbacks in services to youth with special needs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/health-bill-medicaid-special-education-affordable-care-act.html

WASHINGTON — While House Republicans lined up votes Wednesday for a Thursday showdown over their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Vickie Glenn sat in her Murphysboro, Ill., office and prayed for it to fail.

Ms. Glenn, a Medicaid coordinator for Tri-County Special Education, an Illinois cooperative that helps more than 20 school districts deliver special education services to students, was worried about an issue that few in Congress were discussing: how the new American Health Care Act, with its deep cuts to Medicaid, would affect her 2,500 students.

With all the sweeping changes the Republican bill would impose, little attention has been paid to its potential impact on education. School districts rely on Medicaid, the federal health care program for the poor, to provide costly services to millions of students with disabilities across the country. For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. The money is also used to provide preventive care, such as vision and hearing screenings, for other Medicaid-eligible children.

“If I could have 10 minutes with President Trump, I could help him understand what we do, why it’s important,” Ms. Glenn said. “If he understood, he would protect it, because this isn’t Republicans and Democrats. It’s just kids.”

[Arazi]

20. I'm interested in his background. He's adopted. From where?

Is he a Russian adoptee? His first name appears slavic. Is he a FAS kid?

Not excusing what he did, just curious