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In chilling cellphone videos released on Wednesday, the suspect in a February massacre at a Florida high school announced his intention to become the next school shooter, aiming to kill at least 20 people and saying "you're all going to die".
Cruz, wearing a ball cap, introduces himself in the first video and says he is "going to be the next school shooter of 2018". He goes on to say that he wants to use an AR-15 to kill at least 20 people and specifies the high school in Parkland. The videos are undated, but on one he says, "Today is the day. Today it all begins. The day of my massacre shall begin."
In a second video, Cruz briefly discusses logistics, including that he will take Uber to campus about 14:40. He then says he'll walk onto campus, go up some stairs, open his bag to take out his weapon and start firing. School surveillance video shows that was almost exactly what he did – the only difference being that he arrived at the school at 14:19.
In the third video, the camera apparently pointed at pavement, he talks about his loneliness, anger and hatred, and announces that the "day of my massacre shall begin".
"I live a lone life. I live in seclusion and solitude. I hate everyone and everything. But the power of my AR you will all know who I am. I had enough of being told what to do and when to do," he says. "I had enough of being told what to do and when to do. I had enough of being told that I'm an idiot and a dumbass. You're all stupid and brainwashed by the political and government programmes."
The Broward State Attorney's Office released the video because under Florida law, with few exceptions, evidence becomes a public record when it is turned over to the defendant's attorneys as part of the pretrial discovery process. Cruz's attorneys say they did not request evidence such as video from inside the building where the massacre happened and autopsy reports so they would not become public and "further hurt and inflame the victims' families and the community".
Here is a video of Nikolas Cruz, filming himself saying he was going to be the next school shooter of 2018, in Parkland. pic.twitter.com/HIcfVizWrx
— Mike (@Fuctupmind) 30 May 2018
Florida school shooting suspect foretold intention in videos | News24
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In chilling cellphone videos released on Wednesday, the suspect in a February massacre at a Florida high school announced his intention to become the next school shooter, aiming to kill at least 20 people and saying "you're all going to die".
Cruz, wearing a ball cap, introduces himself in the first video and says he is "going to be the next school shooter of 2018". He goes on to say that he wants to use an AR-15 to kill at least 20 people and specifies the high school in Parkland. The videos are undated, but on one he says, "Today is the day. Today it all begins. The day of my massacre shall begin."
In a second video, Cruz briefly discusses logistics, including that he will take Uber to campus about 14:40. He then says he'll walk onto campus, go up some stairs, open his bag to take out his weapon and start firing. School surveillance video shows that was almost exactly what he did – the only difference being that he arrived at the school at 14:19.
In the third video, the camera apparently pointed at paveme
nt, he talks about his loneliness, anger and hatred, and announces that the "day of my massacre shall begin".
"I live a lone life. I live in seclusion and solitude. I hate everyone and everything. But the power of my AR you will all know who I am. I had enough of being told what to do and when to do," he says. "I had enough of being told what to do and when to do. I had enough of being told that I'm an idiot and a dumbass. You're all stupid and brainwashed by the political and government programmes."
The Broward State Attorney's Office released the video because under Florida law, with few exceptions, evidence becomes a public record when it is turned over to the defendant's attorneys as part of the pretrial discovery process. Cruz's attorneys say they did not request evidence such as video from inside the building where the massacre happened and autopsy reports so they would not become public and "further hurt and inflame the victims' families and the community".
Here is a video of Nikolas Cruz, filming himself saying he was going to be the next school shooter of 2018, in Parkland. pic.twitter.com/HIcfVizWrx
— Mike (@Fuctupmind) 30 May 2018