Nikolas Cruz: Parkland gunman pleads guilty to murdering 17
Posted on AllSides October 20th, 2021
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A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida.
Nikolas Cruz, 23, also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of attempted murder for those he injured in the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
He faces the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison.
One of the deadliest school shootings in US history, the incident became a rallying cry for gun control activists.
Mr Cruz was 19-years-old when he shot dead 14 students and...
