Nikolas Cruz classmate told investigators school was warned he was a potential shooter
BY CAITLIN OSTROFF, DAVID OVALLE AND NICHOLAS NEHAMAS
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November 09, 2018 06:32 PM
Updated 1 hour 18 minutes ago
Roughly a year before the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, school officials were warned by a student that Nikolas Cruz had mused about shooting up the school, according to a young woman’s sworn statement to police, which was released Friday.
As a result of that warning, she said in her statement, Cruz was “expelled” from the student body.
If true, it would add to a list of what critics have called a series of warning signs missed or downplayed by the Broward school district, law officers and mental health professionals, all of whom had troubling encounters with the Parkland teenager.
Broward County Public Schools, citing privacy concerns, declined to comment on the student’s statement, included in a stack of public records released Friday by the Broward State Attorney’s Office.
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