School district had 'no duty' to warn parents about Parkland shooter before massacre, judge rules A Judge ruled Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict actions of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz Cruz is awaiting trial on 17 counts of murder and 17-counts of attempted murder after Feb. 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Families of the victims have sued Cruz, as well as the school district, the Broward Sheriff's Office and on-duty deputies for failing to thwart the massacre In their lawsuit, they claimed the school district became aware of Cruz's obsession with guns and murder years before the massacre but didn't stop him But the judge said the district had no control over Cruz, didn't have custody over him, and that he wasn't a student in the system at the time having been expelled A judge said Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict actions of Cruz, before his massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in February 2018. A Florida school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by former student Nikolas Cruz who later carried out a deadly rampage on campus that killed 17, a judge has ruled. Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning said Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict the actions of ... How were at least 16 warning signs missed for Nikolas Cruz? 1. 'I'm going to be a professional school shooter' Nikolas Cruz left a comment on a YouTube video back in September using his own name that simply read: 'I'm going to be a professional school shooter' 2. FBI was warned about the comment but couldn't identify him Vlogger Ben Bennight alerted the FBI to the comment shared by Cruz. The FBI was quick to respond, arriving at his office the next day but only after Bennight called a local field agent, revealing his initial attempts to send in a screengrab of the comment failed when the email address he found ... 'I'm going to be a professional school shooter' FBI was warned about the comment but couldn't identify him Bought an AR-15 age 18 Troubling Instagram page Was a member of a white nationalist group and came to training exercises Boasted about hurting animals Took knives and bullets to school Was banned from carrying a backpack Expelled for fighting Abusive to his ex-girlfriend Stalked another girl Peeping Tom Stopped his mental health treatment Possible fetal alcohol syndrome Orphaned Disturbing posts on Snapchat Continue reading... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...da-school-no-duty-predict-student-danger.html | Find in Internet Archives | [google]School district had 'no duty' to warn parents about Parkland shooter before massacre, judge rules[/google]
