Shooting reported at Miami Gardens apartment complex
Miami Gardens police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Tuesday morning at an apartment complex.
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‘It will be very emotional:’ Parkland school shooter sentencing hearing to be held Tuesday
Next week is the sentencing hearing for confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
BSO investigates juror’s report of ‘threat’ during Parkland shooter’s case
The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday afternoon that there is an investigation at the Broward County courthouse after the Broward State Attorney’s Office provided information about a complaint from a juror in the Parkland school shooter’s penalty phase.
Defense asks jury to spare life of ‘broken’ Parkland school shooter; prosecution asks for death
Closing arguments will be held Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Parkland school shooter’s case.
Parkland school shooter’s penalty phase: Prosecution presents 91 witnesses in 12 days
The prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland school shooter, started to call witnesses after Assistant State Attorney Michael J. Satz delivered his opening statement on July 18.
Defense raises Parkland school shooter’s sex abuse allegation; prosecution rests rebuttal
The prosecution’s rebuttal started on Sept. 27, they called seven witnesses during four days in court and rested on Thursday afternoon — after responding to the sexual abuse allegation.
Defense expert witness testifies about Parkland school shooter’s fetal alcohol exposure
The Parkland school shooter’s defense called an expert witness on Monday to testify about research on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or FASD, his assessment of the records on the case, and tests performed at the Broward County main jail during a five-hour visit on May 20, 2021.
Parkland school shooter’s death penalty trial: Experts mention mental health terms during testimony
The public defenders who are trying to save the Parkland school shooter’s life are focusing their case on his childhood development and mental health before the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Defense shows report of Parkland school shooter’s threat to stab teacher, letter on ‘dreams of killing others’
Psychiatrists testified on Thursday that when the Parkland school shooter was a 9-year-old student he threatened to stab a teacher and an aide, hit a classmate with a lunch box, hit someone with a rock, and later as a teenager demonstrated “a preoccupation with guns and the military” and was dreaming of “killing others” and being “covered in blood.”
Psychologist says Parkland school shooter was a child who ‘stuck out like a sore thumb’
Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who is presiding over the Parkland school shooter’s death penalty phase, was preparing to welcome back the jury on Tuesday morning.