Crime & Justice

Parkland Shooter’s Lawyers Cry as Victims’ Families Testify

‘PIECE OF MY HEART IS MISSING’

“It’s excruciating agony,” the mother of a slain 15-year-old told the court.

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Two of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defense lawyers wept in court on Tuesday as relatives of his victims testified about their never-ending pain. “It’s excruciating agony. I am heartbroken. A piece of my heart is missing. My life and my family will never be the same,” Gina Hoyer, mother of slain 15-year-old Luke Hoyer, told the jury that will decide whether Cruz, 23, lives or dies. WPLG reports that Cruz attorneys Tamara Curtis and Nawal Najet Bashiman had to take off their face masks and dab at their tears.

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