What to Know
- No trial date has been set for Nikolas Cruz, who could get the death penalty if convicted.
- Cruz is charged with killing 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The teenager accused of fatally shooting 17 at a Florida high school willl not be in court Friday as scheduled.
A status hearing on the murder and other charges facing 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz was scheduled for Friday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, but has been moved to June 21st.
No trial date has been set for Cruz, who could get the death penalty if convicted. His attorneys have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
Cruz is charged with killing 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Prosecutors say the former Stoneman Douglas student used an AR-15 to kill people on the first and third floors of the freshman building and then fled. He was arrested about an hour later.
Earlier this month, Cruz's brother Zachary was allowed to move from Florida to Virginia while on probation for a March trespassing charge after being stopped by police while on the Parkland school's campus. He was arrested again in April for violating that probation.
