The violence has to stop we cannot lose another child to violence in a school. This as more information about cruz comes to life. The Antidefamation League tell you us that they have information that links him to a white supremacist group. Its a daunting task and they worked tirelessly. The fbi addressed a report they received last year about an alarming comment on youtube. The comment simply said im going to be a professional school shooter. And we get a look at the 17 victims like vicky and her brother survived. 14yearold martin was killed and his brother miguel made it out alive. Chris hickson the schoolage let ecdirector is among the dead and stories of heroism. Scott beagle was in front of a door a classroom and died shielding his students. He blocked the door and it was open you will the time and i dont know how it was alive. Football coach aaron feis he made sure he protected everyone else. What do you hear . I heard he used his body to shield three females to shield them. A lot
Reports of a possible tornado did touchdown and that is not something that has been confirmed. Ill just jump in here with coconut circle parkway and that wasnt broward and yes, there reports of a tractor trailer on its side and that was near coconut circle parkway very close to the turnpike. So, of course, you want to avoid that area and keep it locked to nbc 6 because there is still heavy rain and thunderstorm Activity Still headed our way. So definitely need to monitor that sisiation. Do we still have mike on the phone, by any cnce . No . Okay. Okay. I wanted to find out w long they expect to have these closes southbound sample road and this is a traffic mess and avoid that. He said traffic mess not just because the southbound lanes were closed down, because it was a multivehicle accident and on the northbound side and southbound side and on the turnpike that were involved in the accident and the southbound traveled at this hour and thats yet southbound lanes are closed down and they
Shooting in south florida. The Broward County sheriff just revealed that the shooter, nikolas cruz, escaped the scene by mixing in with fleeing students. Cruz is now charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and being held without bail after appearing before a judge by video from jail. A vigil is being held this hour for the people who died and the 14 people who were injured, some of them still in critical condition. And tonight, the fbi is speaking out about a warning it received about a very disturbing online post with the shooters name. Well talk about the breaking news this hour with the mayor of Broward County, and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by first. Lets get straight to south florida. Brian todd is joining us right now outside the courthouse in ft. Lauderdale. Whats the latest information there, brian, youre picking up there . Reporter wolf, just a short time ago, we got a very dramatic, compelling, and disturbing new time line of exactly how this s
Stop the bloodshed . Welcome to early start. Along with rene marsh in new york, ill dave briggs. We begin with the latest on the Florida High School shooting as families hold vigil and begin to say goodbye to their children. Charging documents in the case show 19yearold nikolas cruz has confessed to being the gunman. We learned the fbi was warned about cruz by someone who saw a threatening post online. That post, one of many, that offered disturbing glimpses into his mental state. All 17 victims have been identified by the broward sheriff and as lawmakers fumble with what to do or not to do, this morning, the conservative murdoch owned cover. Mr. President , please act on gun control. Seven people remain in the hospital. Four in critical condition. For the latest we learned on the attack before and after, we turn to rosa flores in parkland, florida. Ga good morning, rosa. Reporter good morning, dave. We are learning more about the timeline and chain of events. Like you mentioned nikola
Getting a minutebyminute account from police about how this transpired. According to police, he arrived in an uber at about 2 19 p. M. About two minutes later he was already firing that weapon. Forward about eight minutes so ten minutes into his day on this campus, he set down his ar15 rifle and started blending in with students who were trying to escape. Thats how he was able to leave campus. He stopped by two stores, grabbed a sandwich, grabbed a drink. Then a Police Officer from the Coconut Creek Police Department saw him, because that Police Officer says he remembered the description that went over his radio. He saw him in a residential area. He says his training kicked in and thats how the suspect was apprehended without incident. Were learning a lot more about him from Police Records that show the police were called to his home 39 times since 2010 for things like domestic disturbance and mentally ill person. Were also learning about a second inthat graham account that shows pictu