In November of that year, Lynda said she was thrown against a wall because she took away an Xbox gaming system. In November 2008, according to a list of service calls to the family residence released last week by the Broward Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report of Cruz "throwing a rock back at other juvenile."īy 2013, according to that list, the calls to the deputies began detailing more violence. Neighbors in their community recall seeing squad cars in their driveway frequently. Sheriff's deputies were called to break up fights between Cruz and his brother. That call in 2008 was the first of dozens of times over the next decade she would summon law enforcement, often for help keeping her sons under control. When Cruz was just 10 years old, his mother called the police to the house. Roger, the patriarch, died when the boys were young, leaving Lynda to raise the children on her own. The family bought a sprawling house in the affluent Fort Lauderdale suburb of Parkland, Fla., in 1996. Despite warning signs stretching back over a decade, no one intervened to stop the Valentine's Day shootings.Ĭruz and his younger brother were adopted by Roger and Lynda Cruz. He also came to the attention of the Florida Department of Children and Families. The 19-year-old was the subject of dozens of 911 calls and at least two separate tips to the FBI. So were social workers, teachers and sheriff's deputies in two counties.Īs classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resumed two weeks after the shooting rampage that left 17 people dead, it is increasingly clear that Cruz, the alleged gunman, was deeply troubled. He is facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.įriends, family and neighbors were worried about Nikolas Cruz. Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer earlier this month.
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