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Grand Jury Formally Charges Nikolas Cruz With 17 Counts of Murder

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In the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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A grand jury in Florida has formally charged Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first-degree in the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was also indicted on an additional 17 counts of attempted murder in the first-degree. The 19-year-old allegedly confessed to police soon after his arrest. Seventeen teachers and students were killed in the deadly rampage, and many of the surviving students have since spawned a movement to enact gun-control reform.

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