Florida School Shooting Suspect Faces Trial for Jail Brawl
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz (L) confers with his attorney David Wheeler (R) during a motion to dismiss a jailhouse assault case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Sept. 28, 2021. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The suspect in the 2018 killing of 17 people at a Florida high school is finally going on trial—but not for the slayings.
Jury selection begins Monday on charges Nikolas Cruz attacked a Broward County jail guard nine months after the Feb. 14, 2018, shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
