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School shooter texted pal just before massacre: ‘No big deal. Nothing bad’
New York Post ^ | March 8, 2018 | 12:55pm | Updated | Natalie Musumeci

Posted on 03/08/2018 1:26:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Confessed mass murderer Nikolas Cruz texted a pal minutes before allegedly going on a shooting rampage at his former Florida high school that he had “big” news — but added it was “nothing bad,” according to a disturbing new report.

Cruz sent the chilling text messages to the teenage son of the Snead family, which was housing the deranged 19-year-old before he allegedly shot 17 people dead using an AR-15 rifle at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day, the Palm Beach Post reported.

The 17-year-old Snead received the messages while he was in class at Stoneman Douglas around 2 p.m. — about 20 minutes before the massacre, Jim Lewis, an attorney for the family, told the news outlet.

Cruz first asked what class the teen son was in and who his teacher was, Lewis said.

When the teen told Cruz his teacher was one of the coaches, Cruz asked him to ask the coach if he remembered Cruz. The coach was not among the dead.

Minutes later, Cruz texted to say he was going to see a movie.

He then “made some kind of comment that, ‘I’ve got something big to tell you,’” Lewis told the Palm Beach Post.

When the teen son questioned what the news was, Cruz replied: “No big deal. Nothing bad.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arth

1 posted on 03/08/2018 1:26:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He had a pal?


2 posted on 03/08/2018 1:31:05 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Big news...but he was afraid that statement might tip his "pal" off to call 911.

Amazingly clearheaded for a kid about to kill a bunch of people.

So many things here just don't add up.

3 posted on 03/08/2018 1:34:35 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Cruz is just wired wrongly. I bet they find lesions on his brain.


4 posted on 03/08/2018 1:37:41 PM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Place this in the evidence pile for the defense, not the prosecution.


5 posted on 03/08/2018 1:38:34 PM PST by The Toll
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To: AppyPappy

He should have been under lock and key...and would have been except for the Lib’s great ideas.


6 posted on 03/08/2018 1:42:00 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Amazingly clearheaded for a kid about to kill a bunch of people.

Cold and calculated.

Demonically inspired, for sure.

7 posted on 03/08/2018 1:42:34 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ..

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8 posted on 03/08/2018 1:43:26 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s another reason he went to the freshman building. He texted the friend to make sure which building he was in so he wouldn’t be caught in the shooting.


9 posted on 03/08/2018 1:44:47 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: metmom
Demonically inspired, for sure.

And/or Satan had delegated this guy to the Libs.

Satan is busy...why do everything when the Libs will carry so much of the load.

10 posted on 03/08/2018 1:45:36 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Big news?”...chilling? How so?


11 posted on 03/08/2018 1:46:58 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So this “lone wolf” did have a “pack” after all.


12 posted on 03/08/2018 1:53:05 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: BenLurkin
This is old news. He texted the Snead kid who he was living with. That came out on day one. Palm Beach Post elaborated on the texts today -- if it's named Post, it is clickbait.

If anything it goes to show modus and depravity.

13 posted on 03/08/2018 1:53:23 PM PST by StAnDeliver ( Parkland is the most massive failure in law enforcement since 9/11)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Did he text Hogg, too?


14 posted on 03/08/2018 2:39:37 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: StAnDeliver

Obviously death row is waiting for this POS. The depravity also lies with ANYONE who knew ANYTHING with even a slight inclination of his behavior (aka “ticking time bomb”/ “see something, say something”): The school, local police, FBI, mental health workers and even the idiot “caretakers”.


15 posted on 03/08/2018 2:50:00 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shanover

Yep, see my tagline...


16 posted on 03/08/2018 3:09:13 PM PST by StAnDeliver ( Parkland is the most massive failure in law enforcement since 9/11)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So, who was the man seen in full body armor and battle helmet, shooting down the hallway at the school only a minute or so after Cruz was alleged to have entered the school? Cruz himself, or someone else?


17 posted on 03/08/2018 7:54:03 PM PST by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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