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The judge in penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will soon decide whether the jury will be told about some brain exams his lawyers had conducted on him. His attorneys this week will tell Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that she should permit the tests be shown in their upcoming presentation. They say the tests bolster their claim that...

The Parkland shooter’s defense team wants jurors to hear from a mental health expert to make the case that he still has “irrational thoughts.” NBC 6’s Julia Bagg reports.

NBC 6’s Willard Shephard speaks with an expert about the future of the sentencing trial for the Parkland gunman.

For three weeks jurors and family members have re-lived the terrible moments when the Parkland shooter entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. “We all were sort of down on the ground on the floor trying to hide behind whatever we could,” teacher Ivy Schamis testified. The jury also heard from survivors who every day live the…

NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone and Willard Shepard give team coverage on the Parkland shooter’s penalty trial as jurors tour the site of the shooting

Linda Wang is the mother of victim Peter Wang.

Gabriel Ammirata is the friend of Parkland victim Peter Wang

Jurors in the Parkland school shooting trial toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as family members delivered the final victim impact statements.

Thomas Hixon is the son of Parkland victim Chris Hixon

Aaron Chen is the cousin of Parkland victim Peter Wang.

Anne Ramsay is the mother of Parkland victim Helena Ramsay

State prosecutors wrapped up a dozen days of presenting tearful testimony and gruesome evidence in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz on Thursday. Seven family and friends of victims Peter Wang, Helena Ramsay, and Chris Hixon were the last to explain how they’ve been affected by the murders of 17 and wounding of 17 more at Marjory…

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have toured the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago. The 12 jurors and their 10 alternates were bused to Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday along with the judge, prosecutors and Cruz’s attorneys.

NBC 6 investigator Tony Pipitone has the latest during the 12th day of the trial.

Roses that had been brought to honor love on that Valentine’s Day in 2018 lay withered, their dried and cracked petals scattered across classroom floors still smeared with the blood of victims gunned down by a former student more than four years earlier. Bullet holes pocked walls and shards of glass from windows shattered by gunfire crunched eerily underfoot at…

The Parkland school gunman makes a brief appearance in court on Aug. 4, 2022, where he waived his right to attend a jury tour of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

NBC 6’s Ryan Nelson reports on the Parkland jury preparing to visit the 1200 building on Thursday as victim statements continued in court.

NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports on the Parkland jury preparing to visit the 1200 building on Thursday as victim statements continued in court.

The jurors in the Parkland school shooting sentencing will be touring the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where the tragedy occurred.