Otis Mayfield
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The survivors sued the FBI under the Federal Tort Claims Act, arguing that the FBI was negligent in not following up on tips indicating Cruz was violent.
A key issue in the lawsuit was a tip on the FBI’s Public Access Line on Jan. 5, 2018, little more than a month before the Valentine’s Day shooting. The tipster claimed to know then 19-year-old Cruz and notified the FBI that he soon would try to kill others, most likely at his former high school in Parkland, Florida.
The tipster also said Cruz was staying with a family that gave him access to guns.
“I know he’s going to explode,” the woman said on the FBI’s tip line. She added that Cruz “was going to slip into a school and start shooting the place up.”
The FBI never investigated the tip and failed to inform the FBI’s field office in Miami, Florida, according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas. The Justice Department had tried to get the lawsuit dismissed on behalf of the FBI.
An earlier tip, in September 2017, came from a bail bondsman in Mississippi who notified the FBI he found a message on YouTube that said, “I’m going to be a professional shooter.” The user name was “nikolas cruz.”
Two FBI agents interviewed the bondsman but could not link the message to a specific person and closed the investigation.
Justice Dept. to Pay $130 Million to High School Shooting Survivors
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it reached a settlement agreement with family members and survivors of the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. Local media reports say the settlement amount is $130 million. A federal judge...
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$130 million to families of victims at this high school.
$88 million to families of the victims at that black church in Charleston.
These mass shootings are getting expensive.
Are there any regulations we could pass that would reduce these mass shootings?