28 Facts About Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz was spotted and recognized by a staff member who radioed a colleague that he was walking "purposefully" toward Building 12.

Nikolas Cruz entered Building 12, a three-story structure containing 30 classrooms typically occupied by about 900 students and 30 teachers.

Armed with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle and multiple magazines, Nikolas Cruz entered a hallway and began firing indiscriminately at students and teachers.

Nikolas Cruz first killed three students in the hallway, then fired through the windows of four closed classroom doors, killing six more students and wounding thirteen others.

Nikolas Cruz's family has filed notice of its intent to sue the school district for personal injury to cover costs related to his recovery.

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Nikolas Cruz's was terrified of being in a classroom and had been treated for survivor's guilt and PTSD.

Nikolas Cruz was a member of the JROTC and had received multiple awards "including academic achievement for maintaining an A grade in JROTC and Bs in other subjects, " according to CNN.

Nikolas Cruz was a member of his school's varsity air rifle team.

Nikolas Cruz returned to Stoneman Douglas High School two years later but was expelled in 2017 for disciplinary reasons.

Nikolas Cruz had previously received mental health treatment, but had not received treatment in the year leading up to the shooting.

In February 2017, Nikolas Cruz legally purchased an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle from a Coral Springs gun store, after having passed the required background check.

One student claimed that Nikolas Cruz had drawn a swastika and the words "I hate niggers" on his backpack.

CNN reported that Nikolas Cruz was in a private Instagram group chat where he expressed racist, homophobic, antisemitic, and xenophobic views.

Nikolas Cruz said that he hated "jews, niggers, immigrants" and frequently discussed the weapons that he owned.

At one point Nikolas Cruz said "I think I am going to kill people" in the group chat, although he later claimed that he was joking.

Former classmate said Nikolas Cruz had anger management issues and often joked about guns and gun violence, which included threats of shooting up establishments.

On, 2016, the calls included an anonymous tip that Nikolas Cruz had threatened to shoot up the school, and a tip on, 2017, that he might be a "school shooter in the making" and that he collected knives and guns.

Nikolas Cruz was an eighteen-year-old junior, and met with the specialists with his mother.

Nikolas Cruz was advised that if he stayed, he would no longer be able to access special education services, but this was incorrect.

At his initial arraignment the day after the shootings, Nikolas Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and held without bond.

Nikolas Cruz was placed on suicide watch in an isolation cell after the arraignment.

Nikolas Cruz was arraigned on, and the prosecution filed notice of their intent to seek the death penalty.

Nikolas Cruz declined to enter a plea, so Scherer entered "not guilty" on his behalf.

Nikolas Cruz can be heard crying near the end of the video, and saying "kill me" to the camera.

Nikolas Cruz made a statement after pleading guilty in which he expressed regret for his crimes and asked the victims' families to decide his fate.

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Nikolas Cruz was given the maximum sentence for each of the related charges, totaling nearly 26 years in prison as each sentence will be served consecutively.

Later in the year it was announced that the families of the victims had reached a $125 to $130 million settlement with the federal government, due to the FBI's inactivity about tips on Nikolas Cruz's stated desire to commit a school attack and the weapons cache that he had.

The district spent an undisclosed sum on legal opposition to the releasing of records related to the school's treatment of Nikolas Cruz while he was a student, and the school security procedures.