Sentences with phrase «rifle he purchased legally»

Authorities say Nikolas Cruz, 19, used an AR - 15 style rifle he purchased legally to carry out the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ln Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

Cruz, who had a lengthy history of mental health problems, used an AR - 15 semi-automatic rifle he purchased legally — with no waiting period — to carry out the shooting in Parkland.

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In the February 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, a 19 - year - old former student is believed to have committed the murders using a legally purchased AR - 15 assault rifle.

He pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State militant group during the rampage in which he used an assault rifle and pistol that had been legally purchased although he had twice been investigated by the FBI for possible connections with militant Islamist groups.

A 19 - year - old former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is accused of using an AR - 15 rifle, that he purchased legally, for the attack.

The AR - 15 rifle used in the attack was purchased legally, at Sunrise Tactical Supply in Florida, according to a federal law enforcement official.

His hints of future violence are part of an emerging portrait of the 19 - year - old Broward County man who carried out the nation's most recent mass killing on Valentine's Day with an AR -15-style rifle he legally purchased last year.

Yet, he legally purchased the semi-automatic rifle authorities say was used in the school shooting.

Republicans from outside the state, including President Trump, have separately called for a new federal age limit, which has become a focus after 17 students and faculty members in Parkland were fatally shot, allegedly by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of carrying out the attack with a semiautomatic rifle he legally purchased.

The bill would change the minimum age for all gun purchases to 21 from 18 — a provision that would have prohibited the Parkland gunman, Nikolas Cruz, 19, from legally buying the rifle he used in his massacre.

National debate has heated up over the issue of gun control, and the NRA's role in opposing it, since Feb. 14, when a former student killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, using an AR - 15 assault rifle he had purchased legally.

Nikolas Cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, opened fire Wednesday afternoon with an AR - 15 rifle that he purchased legally about a year ago, authorities said.

Authorities say Cruz, 19, was a former student at Stoneman Douglas who had been expelled, had mental health issues and had been reported to law enforcement before he used a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle to take the lives of 17 people on Wednesday.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, allegedly gunned down 17 people in a Florida high school using an assault rifle he legally purchased.

«If you're on the terror watch list and you can't get on a plane, you shouldn't be able to purchase an assault rifle legally in this country,» Higgins said.

By Ola Szczesna, Research and Policy Director, Massachusetts Parents United The mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida involved one unstable individual who used a legally purchased AR - 15 rifle to shoot and kill 14 high school students and 3 staff members.

Former student Nikolas Cruz, who confessed to the shooting, legally purchased the AR - 15 semiautomatic rifle when he was 18 years old.

Authorities said Cruz was able to legally purchase the rifle at Sunrise Tactical Supply in Coral Springs last year.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, legally purchased the Smith & Wesson M&P rifle, a version of the AR - 15, that he used in his attack on Stoneman Douglas High School, officials say.

Authorities say a former student who had been expelled, had mental health issues and been reported to law enforcement, used a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle to kill students and staff.

Much of the public debate since last week's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has focused on warning signs raised before the massacre and how the 19 - year - old suspect was able to legally purchase at least 10 rifles and shotguns.

Cruz has been in jail since he used an AR - 15 rifle that he legally purchased to kill 14 students and three teachers at his former school.

Sunrise Tactical Supply gun shop, where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the rifle used in the attack, is based in a Coral Springs strip mall.

Authorities say a former student who had been expelled, had mental health issues and been reported to law enforcement, used a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle to kill students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.