Cruz Gave Chilling Warning Before Massacre

A freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School received a chilling warning when he encountered shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz in the hallway as he was reloading his AR-15 rifle that fateful Valentine’s Day.

The student told investigators that Cruz said “you better get out of here,” according to interview transcripts released on Friday. . .

Cruz, 19, has offered to plead guilty if the death penalty is waived, but prosecutors have not agreed to that. Authorities say he confessed to the crime and previously prosecutors released cellphone videos Cruz recorded in which he describes in detail what he planned to do at the school that he had attended.

Another interview released Friday was with a Stoneman Douglas security monitor who was in the building just as Cruz entered. The monitor, whose name is also redacted but who school officials have identified as David Taylor, said he saw Cruz carrying the gun bag from about a 50-yard distance down a school hallway. He had been alerted to Cruz’s presence by another monitor, Andrew Medina, both of whom were well-acquainted with the troubled former student. . .

Taylor told detectives that he knew Cruz well from his time at the school and had frequently taken him out of class for defiant behavior and being disrespectful to teachers. (Read more from “Cruz Gave Chilling Warning Before Massacre” HERE)

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