The massacre at the high school has also prompted the city of Parkland to add a larger police presence at its five public schools for the rest of the school year, according to the Sun Sentinel. “I believe that there will be evidence that at a key moment in this incident three or four people, three or four people, might be alive today because of something this deranged killer did, had to do,” said Rubio at the Town Hall. The fact that the gun may have jammed while he was changing clips is one of the reasons why Senator Marco Rubio announced during the CNN Town Hall in Parkland last week that he is now willing to consider banning high capacity magazines. READ MORE: Broward Cheer Coach Raul Albites Arrested By Feds For Inappropriate Relationship With 14 Year Old All four were at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that became the scene of the country's worst mass shooting in recent history. Sources say he still had more than 150 rounds of ammunition left when he fled. Kimberly 'KJ' Morris was a bouncer with an independent streak.
Luckily, the hurricane proof window did not shatter.Ĭruz then attempted to reload, and after changing magazine clips, the weapon is believed to have jammed, according to three sources familiar with the investigation.įrustrated, and with police now responding, Cruz dropped the gun in the stairwell, ran down to the ground floor and fled the building with the students. (CBS4)Ĭruz attempted to create this sniper’s nest by shooting out the glass window in the stairwell, firing 16 rounds into the impact glass. Window damaged by bullets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland after 17 people were killed in a mass shooting on Feb.