Following the sentencing of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 24, to life without parole for his massacre of 17 people (14 children) in 2018, parents of the young victims came forward to blast the decision to spare him the death penalty. ALOT. There was an overhead video of the triage center and I kept hearing that someone passed away outside "on the sidewalk". Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder. But there is more to it than that. Where are Nikolas Cruz's parents, Linda and Roger Cruz? I then placed myself underneath his lifeless body. She wanted to get into the best colleges she could.". Carmen Schentrup's parents find sleep elusive. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. Updated This story was originally published July 22, 2022, 5:22 PM. "I say those words. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous. At one hospital, April was told by law enforcement officials, "We want to be honest with you, this was a mass shooting and there were multiple fatalities. And she's like, 'No, I got it. They were among the 17 people killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day in 2018. wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. But Schentrup also pointed to cases in which innocent people were executed for crimes they didnt commit and use of the death penalty against people with intellectual disabilities. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". "The only thing more he could have done to signal his intent was to buy a billboard on [I-]95 and put a billboard up there, because he was telling people all the time that he wanted to go do bad things. Late in the night, she received a devastating phone call from the sister of one of Carmen's classmates. Couresy of the Schentrup family Another girl, shot four times, was missing much of her arm. I was thinking it could've been him or Kyle Laman but Kyle escaped and the body stayed put in the video. Alyse Young for NPR Others have testified for only a few minutes, with Mr. Satz asking minimal questions. The family does not like to disagree. 34 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. And the fact that its super awkward and people dont know how to talk about it I also still dont know how to talk about it just makes it that much more difficult and makes the conversation that much harder.. But they feel they can't stay silent any longer. The Twitter account for the high school's Eagles football team marked the death of Coach Feis with "Great sadness." Nicholas Dworet Reuters Gina Montalto Facebook Carmen Schentrup Instagram. Mr. Schentrup said he would find the trial traumatizing. In the years since, Schentrup has moved to Seattle, Washington, and, like many other victims relatives, has poured himself into addressing gun violence: Today he works on the organizing team for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and helps manage its youth program called Team ENOUGH. A Warner Bros. 2. "And even as devastating as it was, I kept thinking, 'At least one of my children came home that day.' Carmen, 16, a senior, was in her AP Psychology class in room 1213, near a podium, when she was shot three times and died of her wounds, according to Chief Assistant State Attorney Mike Satz. The defense can counter as it has in the Parkland case that too much graphic evidence may taint the jurys verdict, though judges often give prosecutors significant latitude. Up until now, the Schentrups haven't spoken to the media about the shooting. April says when she tells people where they moved from, "They'll say 'Ohhhh! Hes the mayors brother, Florida Keys firefighter arrested after deputies say she beat her wife outside a bar, Human smuggling, a truck and a school bus: A Broward child rapist goes back behind bars. "And I walk up to her and say, 'Hey, would you like daddy to help you read the book?' Theyll make the decision that they make. Dr. Boiko described autopsies of four students, and the details were gut-wrenching. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. Some sources say he was killed before he could get up from his desk but other sources say that he was killed when him and a group of students hid in a corner that was in the direct line of sight of the door. Jurors saw surveillance video of him buying a cherry-and-blue raspberry Icee at the Subway inside a nearby Walmart, sitting down in a booth in a McDonalds occupied by MSD student John Wilford, who didnt know Cruz. She was involved in her church youth group and different . It layers on a whole bunch of other things to it, he said, just having kind of everyone know about it, and maybe not know I was related to it., Schentrup struggles, he said, with the preconceived notions that people have about the shooting. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old child was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 . I have corrected it now. I had a bad gut feeling about it, testified Wilford who would later learn that his sister, Madeline, was wounded in the attack by the very teen whod been pestering him for a ride. This subreddit is not meant to glorify mass killers, but rather to discuss and attempt to understand their behavior. At one point, a female juror also wiped away tears. So we lost bathroom privileges at certain hours. It was these intellectual arguments that were most convincing for him personally, Schentrup said. Half of my class ran to the safe spot which was out of view from the window in the classroom door. Her mother said He shot her 10 times. And they have seen autopsy photographs of almost all of the victims, most of whom were shot more than once. Robinovitz's granddaughter Alyssa was killed in the 2018 shootings. The dark day was February 14, 2018, and even after 4 years of what happened people still cannot forget the horrific day. We disagree with our son however, on this topic., As shown in the trial, he wrote, Carmens murderer expressed pride and joy in murdering Carmen and 16 other incredible people. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla Their strength has become hers, April says. And so, we're gonna keep advocating for the reasonable middle ground that most Americans can agree on to go get things done. Alyse Young for NPR Cruz fired 139 rounds of 5.56-and-.223-caliber bullets during the rampage. They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. Alania Petty (Room 1216): Shot somewhere in the upper torso or possibly the neck. Still trying. On that day, my youngest daughter would survive the mass shooting in Parkland, FL and her 16-year-old sister, Carmen, would be left for dead in her AP Psychology class. Image Credit: Amy Beth Bennett/AP/Shutterstock. Parkland happened because of a series of cascading, systemic failures, which allowed someone to get to the point where they would commit a school shooting and buy a military-style rifle, Mr. Schentrup said in an interview. It felt like all those 11 bullets were hitting my own body, she said. Was apparently conscious and able to acknowledge the officers but wasn't able to respond to their questions due to his injuries (was described as very out of it/delirious). Perhaps nothing highlights the spectrum of feelings on the shooters fate more than the disagreement between Schentrup and his parents. James Edward Smith II is a third-generation pastor that allegedly defrauded his church over half a million dollars, officials said. Cruz waived his right to be present at the viewing. After that, the bullet was fragmented into multiple fragments that perforated the lungs, liver, kidney and exits on the left lateral side of the torso, Boiko testified. Gina Montalto (1st floor hallway, east end): Multiple gunshot wounds to legs/torso. Died on the golf cart en route to the triage center set up outside the school. I wanted to show that we think different things. The bathroom doors were locked due to students vaping so he couldn't get in. ", The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. He was struck twice in his right leg, once in his left leg and twice in his torso. ", Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. And, as they explain during my visit, they want to share their "hard story" in hopes it will spark some positive change. hide caption. "Just laying there still and there. Some of the relatives have said they would not comment publicly for the duration of the trial. The Schentrups' activism is overlaid with the daily struggles of just getting through another day without their daughter. Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. What made the hard days even worse was learning about all of the things that went wrong leading up to the shooting. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. Part of it was to push people to think internally about their stance and really come to their own conclusion about it, he said. The public is hardly ever forced to confront grim evidence from autopsy reports, surveillance video and survivors testimony in proceedings held years after the deadly rampage. from People: It's only two weeks since Monisha was not with us anymore. His body, along with Gina's, can be seen in the hallway during the video of the students being evacuated from room 1213. The experience of victims of similar tragedies points to the distress of hearing the brutal details of a loved ones death described in open court. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. "But we hope for them.". The Schentrups have never considered themselves activists; this will be the first time they've taken part in a protest. I also feel a certain responsibility to let it be known, he added, so people can if theyre saying, well, I defer to the victims make an informed choice about their own feelings on this issue.. from Refinery 29: But also, because we discover that he's not with us. The hard days even worse was learning about all of the victims, most whom! 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