A new video of Nikolas Cruz doing target practice in his backyard has been released. The footage was unveiled on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront on Thursday, showing the suspected Florida school shooter outside his house with what appeared to be a BB gun firing at targets. As seen in the recording, the 19-year-old is shown briefly in the backyard of his home taking shots at a target before turning and going back inside the house.
The video of Nikolas Cruz was reportedly filmed at the beginning of October 2017.
The neighbor told CNN that Cruz would often shoot bottles on the back patio.
The Sun Sentinel published the video online, which can be seen below.
Cruz reportedly confessed on Thursday to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The 19-year-old is accused of killing 17 people and injuring 14 after going on a shooting spree at the Parkland, Florida, high school. He was expelled from the school last year for disciplinary issues. Numerous students at the school predicted that if a shooting were to happen, Cruz would be the gunman.
One neighbor interviewed, Rhonda Roxburgh, told CNN that she saw him with a pellet gun shooting at squirrels. Roxburgh added that everyone believed Cruz was responsible for missing cats and dead animals in the neighborhood. The former neighbor had a run-in with Cruz once after he hit her car. When she confronted him, she described him as having a “cold stare” and “couldn’t care less.” The suspect had allegedly gotten into several fights with other kids, but Roxburgh didn’t actually see it. She shared that this was talk among other neighbors. Roxburgh had also heard that police were called out to Nikolas’ home over 30 times in 2013.
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Investigators are poring over information they have on the alleged shooter and trying to determine a motive. CBS News reports that defense attorney Melisa McNeil called Cruz a “broken human being” and a “broken child.”
Disturbing footage shows shooter Nikolas Cruz doing target practice in a backyard https://t.co/8NvLc8e5pg
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Gordon Weeks, who’s also on the defense team, explained that the suspect realizes what’s going on and is on suicide watch. Nikolas is “deeply troubled” and has “endured significant trauma that stems from the loss of his mother,” Weeks explained.
Nikolas Cruz is being charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and is being held without bond.
