

In the hours after the mass shooting, Zachary Cruz was involuntarily committed under the Baker Act for a mental-health evaluation. Nikolas Cruz ended up leaving the home after a month because Deschamps did not want him to keep any guns in her home. The brothers lived in a Lantana-area mobile with family friend, Rocxanne Deschamps, since the death of their adopted mother in November. » Parkland father files wrongful death suit against BSO deputy from Boynton The witness said a check of a state database confirmed Cruz does not have a valid driver’s license, the report said.Ĭruz’s brother, Nikolas, remains in the Broward County Jail without bail on 17 counts of first-degree murder for those killed in the school shooting and 17 additional counts of attempted murder for those who were injured that day. During the drive, Cruz came within 25 feet of the school’s west parking lot along Northtree Boulevard, the witness said. It’s unclear what he was doing in the area.Ī report released Wednesday morning by Broward County said a witness saw Cruz driving a brown Kia SUV near the suburban Boynton Beach school between 12:45 and 1 p.m.

Court documents indicate he was seen about 25 feet outside of Park Vista High School on Saturday.
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Now Cruz is accused of driving without a valid driver’s license and being at a school he is not enrolled in. » ? Palm Beach Post coverage of the Parkland school shooting Initially, the 18-year-old was held on $500,000 bail because prosecutors said he showed “the same flags” as his brother. According to authorities, it was at least the third time he was found on the campus since the shooting though he did not attend the school. When he was arrested, he told deputies that he came to the campus “to reflect” on the shootings. According to Broward County records, Cruz violated the conditions of his probation in accordance with a March plea on a trespassing charge.Īfter the shooting that left 17 people dead on Valentine’s Day and his brother’s arrest in the hours after, Zachary Cruz was arrested March 19 on the Douglas campus for trespassing. Zachary Cruz, 18, was being held Wednesday morning on an out-of-county warrant in the Palm Beach County Jail in connection to a violation of probation. Zachary Cruz, the brother of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was arrested in Palm Beach County on Tuesday evening, according to court records.
