Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz trial live updates Day 6: Medical examiners explain multiple Parkland deaths

Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty last year to killing 17 people and injuring 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14, 2018.

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A 12-person jury will recommend whether Cruz, then 19 and now 23, is put to death or sentenced to life in prison without parole

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If death is recommended, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will issue a final ruling, possibly this fall

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Cruz briefly stayed with a family friend near Lantana in the weeks after the Parkland shooting

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Peter Wang, a 15-year-old student, was already wounded with gunshots to his legs

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Nikolas Cruz walked up to Wang and fired four fatal shots into the his head, former Broward County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Wendolyn Sneed told the jury Monday

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Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings.

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