Editing Nikolas Cruz (section)

==Trivia==
*He was born to Brenda Norma Woodard (June 25, 1956 – August 23, 2021) on September 24, 1998, in Margate, Florida. His biological father's identity is unknown. Nikolas was placed in an orphanage after his birth and was adopted by Roger (1937-August 11, 2004) and Lynda Cruz (1949-November 1, 2017), both of whom died before he finished high school. He was fully orphaned three months before the shooting. Since his adoptive mother's death, he had been living with relatives and friends.<ref>https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2018/02/14/nikolas-cruz-troubled-suspect-had-been-expelled-from-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school/</ref>
*He was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He had received multiple awards, including academic achievement for "maintaining an A grade in JROTC and Bs in other subjects, according to CNN. He was also a member of his school's varsity air rifle team. At the time of the shooting, he was enrolled in a GED program and employed at a local Dollar Tree.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/15/florida-shooting-suspect-nikolas-cruz-guns-depression-and-a-life-in-free-fall/</ref>
*On March 7, 2018, a grand jury indicted Cruz on a total of 34 charges: 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder. He was originally supposed to get the death penalty, but he declined to enter a plea, so Scherer entered "not guilty" on his behalf. The defence had earlier offered a guilty plea if the death penalty was taken off the table, and reiterated it immediately before it was refused, which prolonged the trial and eventually caused his date of execution to be cancelled.<ref>https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article201684874.html</ref>