Brother of Florida mass shooter arrested at school where Nikolas Cruz slaughtered seventeen staff and pupils
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The brother of Florida mass shooter Nikolas Cruz has been arrested at the school where he killed seventeen staff and students.
Zachary Cruz, 18, was detained in the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland on Monday accused of trespassing.
According to a police report, Cruz was captured on CCTV skateboarding on school grounds despite repeat warnings to stay clear.
He "surpassed all locked doors and gates", the report says.
When approached by cops he said he'd come to the school because he wanted to "reflect on the shooting and soak it in".
It comes as more haunting 911 audio from the Florida school shooting was released by police.
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Zachary's brother Nikolas Cruz is facing the death penalty after being charged with seventeen counts of murder.
Horrific 911 recordings were recently released which revealed how the massacre unfolded.
One tearful student is heard telling an operator: "Someone got shot in the head and someone got shot in the stomach, and he came over .. he can't breath and there is blood coming out."
In another recording, the 911 operator asks a student "is anyone injured?"
The student responds" "Yes, a lot of blood, please help, please."
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Cruz, 19, appeared in court last week and chose to remain silent during a hearing in Broward County circuit court in Fort Lauderdale.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf for 17 counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder for the shooting spree at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Cruz, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and shackled at wrists and ankles, sat alone and kept his head bowed in what is normally the jury box while guarded by a dozen deputies.
Nine relatives of victims of the attack attended the hearing.
One was heard to say "son of a bitch" as Cruz was led from the courtroom.
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State prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for the massacre in which 17 students and staff were gunned down.
Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott has said he supports the death penalty for Cruz.
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Scherer also instructed Cruz to fill out an application to determine if he can pay for his lawyers.
After a presentation on Cruz's finances by his lawyers, she said he had roughly $37,000 and scheduled an April 11 hearing to determine whether he was indigent.
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Scherer also set April 27 for a hearing for attorneys to agree to a trial date.
Cruz's court appearance coincided with students spilling out of classrooms by the thousands waving signs and chanting slogans in a coast-to-coast protest against gun violence prompted by the Florida rampage.
One of the protests took place in Fort Lauderdale near the courthouse, in front of the county's public school offices.
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About 275 students from a half dozen Broward County high schools, some of whom walked more than 15 miles (24 km), demanded an end to gun violence.
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About 40 of the students staged a "die in," laying down on the sidewalk to protest gun violence in schools.
Others chanted, "End gun violence. No more silence."