The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Five years earlier, 14 students and 3 staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the school. Saul Martinez/Getty Images hide caption
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Oct. 14, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Amy Beth Bennett/AP hide caption
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz tugs at his shirt collar at the defense table for the verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The jury recommended Cruz receive a life sentence. Amy Beth Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
Flowers, candles and mementos sit outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 27, 2018. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A memorial to the victims is seen outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2019, during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting. Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP, File hide caption
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2020, during the two-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting that killed 17 people and injured another 17. Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images hide caption
A Florida school district will pay $25 million to the families of Parkland victims
Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, seen on Monday. The state Senate voted Wednesday to confirm his ouster by Gov. Ron DeSantis over the performance of his department in the 2018 high school shootings in Parkland. Steve Cannon/AP hide caption
Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel appears before the state Senate Rules Committee concerning his dismissal by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday in Tallahassee, Fla. Steve Cannon/AP hide caption
Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony, seen in January, has announced the firings of two more deputies over their failure to act during the 2018 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
In this 2015 photo, then-school resource officer Scot Peterson spoke at a school board meeting of Broward County in Florida. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday and faces 11 charges in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Broward County Public Schools via/AP hide caption
Nikolas Cruz speaks to public defender Diane Cuddihy, right, during a hearing in March. Taimy Alvarez/AP hide caption
Suzanne Devine Clark, an art teacher at Deerfield Beach Elementary School, places painted stones at a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the first anniversary of the school shooting Thursday. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel refused to resign for nearly a year but on Friday, he was suspended and replaced by former Coral Springs Police Department Lt. Gregory Tony. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
A report released on Wednesday concluded that a series of security breaches and law enforcement failures allowed an active shooter to kill 17 students and faculty. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie (center) speaks to media in February in Parkland, Fla., the day after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He is flanked by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel (left) and Florida Gov. Rick Scott (right). Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Students arrive Wednesday for their first day back at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, six months after the fatal shootings of Feb. 14. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Ayub Ali, 61, was fatally shot during a robbery at Aunt Molly's Food Store on Tuesday in North Lauderdale, Fla. Courtesy of Mirza Mustaque hide caption
First responders transfer patients from ambulances to Broward Health Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale on the afternoon of Feb. 14. The hospital was on lockdown after receiving victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Jessica Bakeman/WLRN hide caption
Hospital Lockdowns Can Leave Patients' Loved Ones Locked Out
Scot Peterson addresses a Broward County school board meeting in 2015. The former school resource officer, criticized for remaining outside during the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., began receiving a monthly pension of more than $8,000 in April. AP hide caption
Sheriff Scott Israel, holds the hand of Anthony Borges, 15, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in a photo released Feb. 18. Anthony was the last Parkland survivor to be released from the hospital and now his lawyer is preparing a lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office and others in connection with the shooting. Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption
Zachary Cruz, in an earlier court appearance during the arraignment of his younger brother, Nikolas Cruz. AP hide caption
Zachary Cruz, the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect, makes his first appearance before a judge earlier this week, after he was arrested for trespassing on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool hide caption
Rocxanne Deschamps tells reporters about Nikolas Cruz, the accused Parkland, Fla., school shooter, who lived with her family after his mother died. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption