Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Cruz, who organized the massacre at a school in Parkland in southern Florida, said that the voices in his head made him go to the crime.
According to NTV, during interrogation, the young man said that it was the voices in his head that gave him the order to carry out the attack, which killed 17 people, reports ABC News. According to Cruz, his actions were directed by "demons".
The fact that Cruz had mental problems was told by many who knew him. He is described as a restless and very reserved teenager. After his adoptive mother died, he fell into depression and was seen by a psychiatrist. One of Cruise's former classmates calls him a "nutcase" who was obsessed with weapons.
The Parkland school massacre killed 17 people. On February 14, Nicholas Cruz, previously expelled from school for misconduct, entered the school in the midst of class, activated a fire alarm for students to run out into the hallway, threw a smoke bomb and opened fire.
As the Sheriff of Browder County Scott Israel clarified, 12 people were shot in the school building, two - near the school, one more person died on the road passing by the educational institution, and two died in a medical facility from their injuries.
Cruise fired a semi-automatic rifle used by the US police. It is known that the teenager acquired the rifle legally.
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Later, during interrogation, Cruz said that after the attack he hid in shops and cafes and even managed to buy himself a drink at McDonald's. On February 16, charges were brought against him, he admitted his guilt.
As the Sheriff of Browder County Scott Israel clarified, 12 people were shot in the school building, two - near the school, one more person died on the road passing by the educational institution, and two died in a medical facility from their injuries.
On February 17, it was reported that a school building in Parkland, Florida had been demolished. The decision was made at a meeting of the school's management, the Associated Press reports. Earlier, the head of the Broward County School Board, Robert Rancy, said that children should not study in the building in which such a tragedy occurred.
According to the agency, the school leadership has already discussed the possibility of demolishing the building with members of the state legislature. Local Parliament Senator Bill Galvano has estimated the cost of demolishing the old building and constructing a new one at $ 30 million.
