FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida judge has ruled that a local school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by a former student who would later be accused of a mass shooting that killed 17 people.
Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning said Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict actions that were beyond its control, the South Florida SunSentinel reported.
Nikolas Cruz awaits trial on multiple murder charges and faces the death penalty if convicted. He's also accused of wounding 17 people with an AR-15 assault-style rifle in the attack at the Parkland school on Feb.