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Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder for the 2018 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, as his attorneys turn their focus to saving him from a death sentence. The guilty pleas will set the stage for a penalty trial in which 12 jurors will determine whether Cruz, 23, should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. Given the case’s notoriety, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer plans to screen thousands of prospective jurors. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Jan. 4. Cruz entered his pleas after answering a long list of questions from Scherer aimed at confirming his mental competency. He was charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder for those wounded in the Feb. 14, 2018, attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, located just outside Fort Lauderdale. As several parents shook their heads, Cruz apologized, saying, “I’m very sorry for what I did. … I can’t live with mysel

So the 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at an ARLINGTON, Texas high school was released from jail Thursday after posting bond. Police accuse Timothy George Simpkins of opening fire in a classroom Wednesday at Timberview High School in Arlington. Two people were shot and two others suffered unspecified injuries. He was jailed on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The Police said the shooting happened after a fight, but Simpkins’ family said he had been bullied and robbed twice at school. His mother who was on video trying to justify why he made the decision to shoot up the people he did saying he was being bullied… Me as someone who was bullied in school I never took a gun or a knife to school. My parents put me in martial arts and I went in the following year and the first time the bullying started I kicked the persons ass. No need to go home grab a gun, and go back to shoot anyone. But when I was a kid we would fight it out and win or lose life went on.