Nikolas Cruz: Parkland school shooter laid out plans in chilling videos

‘I'm going to be the next school shooter of 2018’, teen bragged before rampage

Alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz in court accused of 17 murders
Alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz in court accused of 17 murders
(Image credit: Susan Stocker/Getty Images)

The teenager who shot dead 14 classmates and three teachers at a Florida high school bragged that he would be “the next school shooter” in a video recorded before the massacre.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, was apprehended by police an hour after the Valentine’s Day rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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