Florida shooting suspect is formally indicted on 34 murder charges
MIAMI — The 19-year-old shooting suspect accused of attacking his former high school in Florida was charged Wednesday in a 34-count indictment handed up by a grand jury.
The grand jury in Broward County charged the suspect, Nikolas Cruz, with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.
The indictment of Cruz, who has confessed to the killings, was essentially a formality, and the primary legal debate now centers on whether prosecutors should seek the death penalty.