A breakdown of the marjory stoneman Douglas parkland shooting PART ONE

PART ONE

this is part one because I cannot fit it into one post DISCLAIMER: I took this from Reddit. Im posting this here to spread interest in the trial of nikolas Cruz where they’re deciding life in prison or death row.

I know they added it, but major trigger warning ⚠️⚠️

I will also be correcting a few things that I learned while watching the trial and interviews from the victims and this information came before trial where autopsies were revealed.

Credit will be given to original posters in the last part.

The original post added pictures and links to videos. but I will only be coming back to show a few that are edited where you cannot see bodies or ones that show none, but only if they fit. The links do not work. Here. Even on Reddit some of the links do not work. I have removed a lot, again if you want to see the original post you can go to Reddit.

“ A Complete Breakdown and Timeline of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Parkland) High School Shooting

Just as a general warning, some of the information and media presented in this breakdown are distressing and graphic in nature. No photos directly included in this post are of deceased child victims, but some links do include media that depicts them. That media will be flagged as such. Some other links in this post are distressing. There is not meant to be any bias or commentary of my own in this post, just a direct timeline and information about what occurred on the day of the shooting as well as additional information about the shooter. I obviously do not condone the actions of the shooter. If there is any information that is missing or incorrect, please let me know so I can correct it as soon as possible.

On February 14, 2018, nineteen year old Nikolas Cruz, armed with a gun, entered Building 12 of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, located in Parkland, Florida. He had been expelled a year prior due to his behavior, which can be viewed in his). Cruz, for the majority of his life before the shooting, had exhibited concerning behavior that consistently grew more worrisome. This behavior did not go unnoticed, but most did go unreported. Thirty people were identified after the MSD shooting who knew of disturbing behavior from Cruz yet never reported it. Though some behaviors that raised red flags in others were reported, none were investigated thoroughly. This includes a report to the FBI. Cruz exhibited an incredible amount of warning signs before the shooting took place, including multiple threats and jokes about shooting up Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

Some disturbing behaviors from Cruz were exhibited in one-on-one interactions with others. Some examples are listed below:

* A witness observed Cruz threaten his mother, telling her he would kill her and burn down the house. Cruz would repeatedly tell his mother to kill herself, but said if she didn’t, he would “do it for her” and burn down their house with her inside of it so he could watch her burn.

* A witness confirmed that Cruz would often tell his mother to kill herself and threaten to kill her if she didn’t do it

* Cruz’s mother told bankers that her son both physically and verbally abused her

* Cruz’s mother told a banker, “If anything happens to me you know it was Nick.”

* Cruz called a woman, and when she tried to talk with him, he stated that he could shoot up Stoneman Douglas and shoot her too

* Cruz threatened a witness via Instagram that he would kill her, rape her, hurt her family and kill all the people she cared about

Other examples of Cruz’s behavior are listed below. Most of these incidents went unreported before the shooting:

* Cruz showed classmates a knife during school

* Cruz joked to classmates about shooting up the school

* Cruz bragged to classmates about his firearms and the animals he killed

* Cruz showed an acquaintance a lunchbox full of bullets

* Cruz told a group of students that although he wanted to shoot up the school, he wouldn’t shoot their group because he liked them

* Cruz placed a MAGA hat in his mother’s tombstone despite her hatred of Trump

* During school, Cruz would break windows, break exit signs, pull fire alarms and scream words

* Cruz showed peers scars on his arms from cutting himself

* Cruz was openly racist, homophobic, and anti-semetic. He often drew swastikas on his hand and belongings. He also openly expressed his desire to kill minorities

* Cruz sent a bird head to a classmate

[Cruz’s social media presence was an eerie warning of what was to come](

These behaviors culminated when Cruz called an Uber on February 14th, 2018. His destination? Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Below is a full timeline of the events of the shooting inside and outside the school, from Cruz’s arrival to the time he was detained. Times with a \~ next to them are approximations.

At 2:19:54pm, campus security monitor Andrew Medina unlocks the gates to the school twenty minutes before dismissal. He watches Cruz arrive on campus from an Uber and walk into school grounds with a rifle bag. He quickly recognizes Cruz as the “Crazy Boy” whom he and multiple coworkers deemed most likely to shoot up the school. Despite this, he does not pursue him.

At 2:21:16pm, another campus monitor who was alerted by Medina, David Taylor, walks into Building 12. [He and Cruz can be seen on CCTV as Cruz walks into the stairwell. Taylor does not pursue him, but turns around instead.

At 2:21:26pm, freshman Chris McKenna leaves classroom 1216 to use the bathroom. Due to drug deals, vaping, etc. the school security has locked the first floor and third floor restrooms, meaning McKenna has to enter the stairwell to access the second floor bathroom, the only unlocked one in the building. When he opens the door, he comes into contact with Nikolas Cruz, who is removing his weapon ([a heavily modified Smith & Weston M&P15 Sport II )) from his rifle case. Cruz looks up and states, “You better get out of here. Things are going to get messy.” McKenna, terrified by the encounter, runs out of the school through the stairwell to alert someone of the gunman. [This encounter is captured by CCTV

[Cruz, armed with his weapon, enters the 1st floor hallway. The shooting begins seconds later.](

A code red, the code for an active shooter on campus, has not yet been called.

As McKenna runs into Cruz, freshmen Martin Duque, 14, and Luke Hoyer, 15, are returning to their classroom, room 1215, their study hall period. Another student, Ashley Baez, is walking in the hall as well, Outside of room 1215, freshman Gina Montalto, 14, is completing a test. Duque and Hoyer walk up to the 1215 classroom door and knock to be let in.

At 2:21:35pm, Cruz shoots Gina Montalto in her legs and torso, and close range in her chest, possibly post-mortem. Luke Hoyer is shot multiple times, his death near instantaneous. Martin Duque, shot eight times, initially survives, but later dies en route to hospital. Ashley Baez, who is further down the hall, [is struck in her leg and quickly hides in the alcove of the locked women’s restroom, room 1209.

At 2:21:38pm, David Taylor is seen fleeing from the gunshots in CCTV footage. Despite hearing the gunshots, he does not call a code red. He hides in a janitor’s closet on the second floor. It is unknown, but very unlikely that he alerted anyone on the first or second floor about the shooter.

[CCTV captures campus monitor David Taylor fleeing upstairs after hearing gunshots on the first floor.

⭕️(I will add this picture later)

At 2:21:42pm, Cruz begins shooting into room 1216. While he is focused on another target, Baez quickly flees and takes cover in room 1210 across the hallway, helping the students and teacher lock down the classroom. In 1216, Alex Schachter, 14, is sitting at his desk. He is shot once in his head and once in his chest. (⭕️wrong, he was shot twice in his chest causing him to not be able to breathe, and the bullet also severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him⭕️) According to a classmate, he was laying over his desk hyperventilating/agonal breathing before his death. Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, takes cover behind her teacher’s desk, but gets shot three times due to the location being exposed. As the classroom panics and tries to hide, three more students are injured by bullets. William Olsen, a freshman, is struck in both arms. Justin Colton, 14, is hit in the back and arm. Alex Dworet, 14, is grazed by a bullet in the back of his head, narrowly escaping death.

A code red has not yet been called.

The second floor, around this time, becomes aware of what could possibly be happening downstairs. The third floor is only confused as to what the noises downstairs are. There is cellphone footage taken around this time.

At 2:22:13pm, the first 911 call from the school is received by a Coral Springs dispatcher. Gunshots can be heard in the background.

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