Tag: School shooting

Nikolas Cruz: Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law!

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida – It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nicholas Cruz was considering a near-certain death sentence for the murder of 17 people in Parkland, even if his jury couldn’t unanimously agree on his fate. Until 2016, Florida law allowed judges to impose the death penalty if a majority of the jury agreed. With a 9-3 vote Thursday supporting Cruz’s execution, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Shearer would have likely sent him to death for the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Now, however, a vote for anything…

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Nikolas Cruz: Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter!

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byTerry Spencer Associated Press Across Fort Lauderdale, Florida – A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend the execution of Florida school shooter Nicholas Cruz in the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The recommendation was not released immediately and came on the second day of deliberations, promising to end a three-month trial that included video footage, photos and testimony from the massacre and its aftermath, heart-wrenching testimony from family members of the victims and a…

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At least 6 injured after Oakland school shooting at Sojourner Truth Independent Study, authorities say — WATCH LIVE!

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Oakland, California – At least six people were injured after a school shooting in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting took place in a building on Fontaine Street that houses several schools including Bay Area Technology School, Rudsdale Newcomer High School and Sojourner Truth Independent Study. Lieutenant Ray Kelly told our station, KGO-TV, that the two victims were taken to Highland Hospital and the situation is “no longer active”. Hospital officials later confirmed that they had received a third victim…

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Alex Jones faces 2nd trial over Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting hoax claims!

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Waterbury, Connecticut – Alex Jones was portrayed on Tuesday by Sandy Hook families’ attorney as a bully and by his attorneys as a town square eccentric who should be ignored as a trial begins to determine how much a conspiracy theorist should pay relatives to spread the lie that the Newtown school shooting 2012 was a hoax. The trial is taking place in Waterbury, Connecticut, less than 20 miles from Newtown, where 26 children and teachers were shot dead. It’s the second such trial for Jones, who was ordered by…

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Alex Jones faces 2nd trial over Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting hoax claims!

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Waterbury, Connecticut – A Connecticut jury is set to hear evidence Tuesday at a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victims for spreading a lie that the massacre was a hoax. The trial is being held in Waterbury, less than 20 miles from Newtown, where 26 children and teachers were shot dead in 2012. It is the second trial of its kind for Jones, who was ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay nearly…

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This Week in Texas: House and Senate leaders speak on Texas schools pertaining to thief safety and security!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Education was the focus of the first two batches of ABC13 this week in Texas. In episode four of the series, we’ll hear from Texas House and Senate leaders about the state’s progress in keeping schools safe. Join Tom Abrahams, Political Correspondent for Eyewitness News, as we hear from political insiders about what Texas has done and what remains to be done to keep children and teachers safe during the school year. Ted Oberg, investigative reporter at ABC13, is also joining this panel to discuss a…

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Uvalde school shooting: 5 Texas DPS officers face a formal investigation over response to massacre at Robb Elementary!

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UVALDE, Texas – Five Texas Department of Public Safety officers who responded to the Ovaldi school shooting in May will face an investigation into their actions at Robb Elementary, the agency said. The video above is a timeline tracing the Ovaldi school shooting The officers have been referred to the Office of the Inspector General, which will determine whether the officers violated any policies in their response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, Travis Considine, a spokesman for the DPS, said. The Office of the Inspector General will…

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Uvalde Strong: Students, teachers return to classroom for 1st time since Robb Elementary school shooting!

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UVALDE, Texas – When the shooting broke out at Robb Elementary School in Ovaldi, teacher Elsa Avila said fourth graders followed lockdown protocols. “I locked my door, turned off the lights, and said to the kids, ‘Let’s move, let’s move.’” Let’s go, let’s go.” “They knew what they were doing,” she told ABC News. Avila said that as soon as they hid in a corner of the classroom, they heard gunfire in the hallway, and the children started crying. When Avila stood up to check on her students, she said…

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