Posted on 02/15/2018 2:14:44 PM PST by Red Badger
Nikolas Cruz confessed on Wednesday to being the shooter who killed 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to a Thursday report from the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Per the report, Cruz confessed to officers that he "began shooting students that he saw in the hallways and on the school grounds," according to AP. The report notes that Cruz told officers he'd "brought additional loaded magazines to the school campus and kept them hidden in a backpack until he got on campus to begin his assault."
Once students started to run away from the school, Cruz ditched his vest and the AR-15 rifle he'd used in the attack in order to blend in with the crowd, he told investigators. Cruz was apprehended by officers on a street near the school Wednesday afternoon.
On Thursday it was revealed by officials investigating the shooting incident that Cruz was a member of the white supremacist group "Republic of Florida," which encourages militia training for its members. He had reportedly also been flagged to the FBI for disturbing, violent content he'd posted online.
On Wednesday, Cruz opened fire on students and teachers alike at the Broward County high school he'd attended before being expelled for disciplinary problems. The current death toll stands at 17, with 14 others injured. A full list of the victims has not yet been released by officials.
Soft sided Gun case..
Uber driver apparently dropped him off at the school thinking it was a pencil box.
Authorities say the Uber driver is under no suspicion.
If I was an uber driver I may not have been suspicious of a rifle case, but when the destination was a school?
Seriously we must ban guns /s
Yeah.. that’s the ticket...
Speaking of smoke, What happened to the gas mask that was reported and why is one necessary for a smoke grenade?
Did it give him better optics? /s
Actually, not a bad idea......our three grandkids stayed with us for four days while parents were out of town. Those book bags/backpacks are excessively heavy, our thirteen year old granddaughters must weigh close to thirty five pounds, if not more. They throw them over their shoulders, carry them on their backs and I think it is ridiculous.
do not let the mentally ill or the crazy or the violent have access to your guns...
we should all remember our carefree childhood days...kids these days do not have that....
Liberals enacted laws on mental health, the same laws that protect mental patients 2nd amendment rights.
Its slippery slope stuff, but Conservatives need to hold liberals feet to the fire.
They weren’t all white.
What was in the bag?
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/963879951257681921
From what I’ve seen they are.
Its ridiculous MSM smear to try to paint us as the Devil.
Show me one victim of color.
Ridiculous propaganda all around.
Show me one victim of color.
Peter Wang
Joaquin Oliver (From Venezuela, recently gained citizenship.)
Martín Duque
Alyssa Al Hadeff
Ah yes, the love child of Ronald McDonald and the Joker.
Garrison needs to do a cartoon showing an Uber picking the kid up with the AR strapped to his back....”The high school?
sure, kid hop in...”
False.
Yes, that kid was just wrong but I guess no one “saw something and said something”.
I can answer (1). It was a “Gun Free Zone.” And the truly heroic coach who got killed protecting kids with his body had a CCW permit but was not carrying because it was a “Gun Free Zone.” Doubt the LSM will ever report that.
No idea about (2).
PS The shooter is a POS and needs to die. Badly. But that’s just my opinion. Defer to God on that score.
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Food for thought.
Unless and until a physician, a set of physicians or a court decides that a person ‘mentally ill’ they are free to do as they please.
This particular young man apparently had legally bought the weapon he used from a registered dealer. He would have passed a background check easily, because he had no background.
Felons and people convicted of domestic violence are prohibited from owning a firearm.
But until you commit your first felony or your first domestic violence conviction, you can buy all the firearms you want, legally...........................
All schools in Florida are ‘gun free zones’....................
Going to school in the 60s backpacks were not a thing. It was a 3 ring binder on the bottom then books stacked from largest to smallest and carried on the hip - no problem.
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