Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school in 2018, is sentenced to 17 consecutive life terms and an additional 17 terms for attempted murders of those he wounded.
Florida state jury decides to spare Nikolas Cruz — gunman who killed 17 people in 2018 at a school — from execution and instead hands him life in prison with no chance of parole.
Nikolas Cruz had pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and is now contesting the death penalty sentence that prosecutors are seeking.
Second student from Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead in 2018 commits suicide, US media report.
The father of a 17-year old girl who died in the Florida school attack wants to let people know that the sheriff's deputy who failed to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a coward.
Survivors of the Florida school shooting attack say the School Safety Bill does not go far enough, while other says it violates the Second Amendment and punishes law-abiding citizens.
Nikolas Cruz has been indicted on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder, but its the calls to 911 that reveal much of that tragic day.
Florida state lawmakers give final passage to a gun-safety package that raises the legal age for buying rifles and imposes a three-day waiting period on all firearms sales, while also allowing the arming of some public school personnel.
The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to take on the gunman. Suspended without pay and placed under investigation, he has since resigned.
Amid mounting pressure for reforms after the Florida school massacre, the White House says US President Donald Trump is "supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system."
Thousands rally in downtown Fort Lauderdale seeking urgent action be taken on gun-control legislation. Meanwhile, more sit-ins and walkouts were announced for March and April to protest gun laws and violence in US schools.
US President Donald Trump comforts Florida massacre survivors as anger mounts over the FBI's failure to stop the attack despite a solid tip about Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people in a high school rampage.
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