Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. One girl suffered five wounds, including a fatal one to the head. Todd. Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. But when I said it, it didn't sound right," April says. Nicholas Dworet (Room 1214): Was killed by a shot to the head. "When we listen to each other, politics doesn't have to be a bad thing," said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). Melissa Block/NPR ", "Yes, whether you call him crazy or just evil, he's the guy who pulled the trigger. So typically, if you're not shot in the head, spine, or chest, you'll be ok? We can fix it. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - The parents of Carmen Schentrup walked into the Broward School Board building Tuesday with heavy hearts and specific complaints about the way the school district. The only thing in front of me was Nicholas Dworet. And if we can do some little thing that prevents people from going through that, I think we'll consider this worth the time and effort. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. James Edward Smith II is a third-generation pastor that allegedly defrauded his church over half a million dollars, officials said. There are a ton of witness reports about it. Robert Schentrup holds flowers and a candle during a candlelight vigil at Memory Mall on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando, Florida, on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Every day of trying to hold yourself together.". Others have testified for only a few minutes, with Mr. Satz asking minimal questions. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". The officer who transported Hixon gave a statement saying that Hixon died on the golf cart en route to the triage area but I could be wrong. Alyse Young for NPR Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. 34 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. I once saw Victoria, Joaquins girlfriend, tweet something how an msd memorial page posted a video on Instagram of Joaquins body while the students were being evacuated by police. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Alyse Young for NPR Alyse Young for NPR All of them were failing. After that, the bullet was fragmented into multiple fragments that perforated the lungs, liver, kidney and exits on the left lateral side of the torso, Boiko testified. What happened to his brother Zachary Cruz? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Hes the mayors brother, Florida Keys firefighter arrested after deputies say she beat her wife outside a bar, Human smuggling, a truck and a school bus: A Broward child rapist goes back behind bars. Victims relatives have filled several rows in the courtroom over the past two weeks, listening closely as the lead prosecutor, Michael J. Satz, called dozens of witnesses. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? And there shouldn't be more parents like us. Carmens murder was hard, Schentrup said, for him and his family. Some of the relatives of those murdered, listening in court, grimaced, shook their heads or put their hands to their faces as he explained the internal damage caused by the bullets. As inspiration, the Schentrups give credit to the Parkland students who have created a nationwide movement around this issue. Im very into the details of this case as you are. It appears he ran to the school and opened the door to the stair well just as Cruz entered the stairwell from the other door and immediately shot him in the head as soon as he saw him. Robert Schentrup Mar 05, 2018 University of Central Florida Julie Halpert February 14: Valentine's Day. Prosecutors argue that the grisly specifics, while painful, are necessary to prove to the jury that the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, who has pleaded guilty to 17 murders and 17 attempted murders, deserves the death penalty instead of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Crawled a few feet over to another student (Cara Loughran) who had already been shot, in a bid to protect/shield her. They want to see loopholes in background checks closed. And she was an enthusiastic fan of comic books, cartoons and British television. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. And other days it's a lot harder.". With the conclusion of his death penalty trial looming, families of the Parkland school shooters victims will soon learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death, an outcome many have indicated they prefer. On Monday, Nikolas Cruz's defense team was found guilty of killing 17 people and injuring 17 others in a fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, and began to submit his case. Several months ago, April Schentrup kept that urn close by, nestled at her feet, as she flew across the country to the family's new home. They talk about their views with family members who are gun owners and NRA members, and admit that those conversations can be painful. Even when I was in highschool back in the early 2010s, they had to start locking bathrooms for kids sneaking in to do all kinds of shit. Since they didnt do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time, she wrote. And were not all in opposition. RT @RobSchentrup: Since Carmen's death: over 200,000 Americans have died from gun violence over 380,000 people have been shot and are living with injuries As we mark this five-year milestone, we must reflect on how far we have come and how far we have left to go. I looked up and saw Helena Ramsay slump over with her back against the wall, I began smelling and inhaling the smoke and gun powder. Her father Philip's voice shakes with anger and grief as he speaks of the aftermath. Aaron Feis (first floor stairwell, west end): Shot in the back of the head. 2/21/01-2/14/18. Frozen in horror: Notes from inside the Parkland school massacre site. Now, her parents, Philip and April, wear teal bracelets printed with her name and the dates that mark her short life: 2/21/2001-2/14/2018. I want people to do something. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. Some of the relatives have said they would not comment publicly for the duration of the trial. Carmens murderer deserves the death penalty.. How old are they? The gunman kept asking him for a ride, even following Wilford to his moms car in the parking lot. Being told, when the medical examiner gives the body back to the funeral home, 'You can't see her. On March 24, the Schentrups will travel to Washington, D.C. for March for Our Lives, a protest calling for stricter gun regulation. In the years since, Schentrup has moved to Seattle, Washington, and, like many other victims relatives, has poured himself into addressing gun violence: Today he works on the organizing team for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and helps manage its youth program called Team ENOUGH. Their view, however, is not unanimously held. I think it could be either one of them tbh since we dont have a definitive answer right now. Late in the night, she received a devastating phone call from the sister of one of Carmen's classmates. "We guard ourselves from it, we don't want to think about it. Since the video is blurry and doesnt focus on the body I could see how someone could mistake it for being someone else who died in the hallways (such as Joquain). We dont have control over whats going on in the courtroom with the jury, she said. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. At the Parkland Trial, Families Must Endure Grisly Evidence on Repeat, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/us/parkland-school-shooting-trial.html. Image Credit: Amy Beth Bennett/AP/Shutterstock. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Mariah Carey Is Making a Secret Appearance in Broadway's Some Like It Hot Musical Watch,Mariah Carey isn't just producing the new musical Some Like It Hot, she's also got a small part in it! Robert Schentrup of Brady United, a national gun-reform group, lost his 16-year-old sister, Carmen, in the Parkland shooting. She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. There are several areas of the abdomen where if one were hit, they would suffer from intense internal bleeding that would likely result in their death unless EMS arrived within seconds of the injury or if another individual quickly rendered effective first aid. ", The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. "People constantly say to me, 'I can't imagine what you're going through,'" he says. So we lost bathroom privileges at certain hours. And when rescue came, they didn't take her with them.'". Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. The other half was diagonally across from the window, in complete view. The book and Schentrups own research opened his eyes to issues many opponents of capital punishment point to in their critiques of the death penalty, one being its racist history in the United States and how unevenly its applied to defendants of color. "You can say it's the man sure," Philip says. The Schentrup family in 2016: Philip, Robert, April, Carmen and Evelyn. Family members and classmates held onto the little hope that perhaps she had been sent to the hospital and was in surgery, recovering, but just unidentified. from Refinery 29: But also, because we discover that he's not with us. The defense has the right to not have a jury that is overwhelmed, said Robert M. Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. Several witnesses have cried on the stand. If the police did what they were supposed to do, we wouldnt be here.. Wondering if you can possibly find it or more unleaked videos. The gunman shot out a window in the class door. The family has no special plans that day. Where was Bourges when he was shot? The family opted for online schooling after Evelyn had a couple of panic attacks at her new high school in Washington. Where are Nikolas Cruz's parents, Linda and Roger Cruz? She recalls the family's frantic search for information: calling friends, sending out messages on social media, driving from hospital to hospital searching for Carmen. Editor's note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. Ultimately, the Schentrups learned what happened in Carmen's classroom that day. '", "On the other hand," April adds, "we had another family member right when this incident happened tell me, 'We have this type of gun in our home, and we no longer want it.'". . Robert Schentrup at his Seattle apartment on September 15, 2022. The 16-year-old was a 2017 National Merit Scholar semifinalist. Was seen gasping for air (possibly indicating a lung(s) was punctured); she died after a few minutes before EMS entered the room. Parkland happened because of a series of cascading, systemic failures, which allowed someone to get to the point where they would commit a school shooting and buy a military-style rifle, Mr. Schentrup said in an interview. Later finished off with multiple shots to the chest and abdomen. hide caption, Carmen skipped a grade early on, and her parents say she never lost her strong sense of self-determination. And the way she died and the unusually public nature of it was strange and confusing. Im pretty sure he saw Cruz and then turned to run and was shot in the back of the head while he was turning. My parents beliefs and the beliefs of the other parents are different than my belief on the death penalty. They. Cruz walked up and shot Meadow 5 times in the back with the bullets passing through her into Cara which killed her. "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. "I think I even tried 'I have one in college, and one here with me, and my other one is in heaven,' " she continues, through tears. The more the Schentrups learned, the angrier they got. ", Evelyn and April sit below a portrait of Carmen. Teen mental health crisis: 'TikTok has completely changed the game',Student who learned to self-harm online worries about others falling down a dark hole. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg (s). (In a grim irony, Alaina who wanted to join the military and had joined the schools Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program herself liked shooting the same weapon.). And then I couldn't stop crying. Additionally, a bullet traveling through the body at a high rate of speed can cause hydrostatic shock. He and his parents prefer to remember Carmen, who was hitting her stride as a young woman and wanted to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Though the defendants guilt is not in question, prosecutors must show the jurors what happened in order to prove the aggravating factors required under Florida law to justify the death penalty, according to Gail Levine, a former Miami-Dade County prosecutor who tried 15 capital homicides. Three years ago, when defense attorneys said the gunman would plead guilty for a life sentence without parole, Michael B. Schulman whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel was one of three staff members killed wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel calling for prosecutors to accept the plea. The teen was shot eight times and would have stayed alive for a short time. For Nicholas Dworet, we definitely now know he was with the group that went to the more exposed corner. The urn is blue: Carmen's favorite color. Carmen Schentrup Was More Than A Victim Of The Parkland Shooting, She Was My Sister Two of my sisters went to school that day, but only one made it back alive. Benjamin Wikander: Shot in the right upper arm, Justin Colton: Shot in the lower back and arm, Andrea Kowalski-Rospierski: Teacher, grazed on the cheek by a bullet, Samantha Mayor: Shot once in the left knee/leg. A couple minutes, Boiko said. hide caption. ", "It's unimaginable, but I think we need to imagine it," April says. We need to do something more than pray and console each other. We need to be focusing on the systems that failed us, instead of what I believe is the symptom of that failure.. The Buffalo gunman left a manifesto saying he specifically chose the AR-15 because of its high-capacity magazines and ability to kill effectively.. With Carmen's death, I was initiated into a club no one ever wants to joinparents who have had their child taken from them by gun violence. Her friend describes her body as leaning against the wall/sliding down the wall after being hit. "She was driven by a curiosity about the world, and her place in it.". Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. Carmen was a c-section baby and wanted to come out breach, but luckily, Carmen entered this world a healthy baby. "Just laying there still and there. hide caption. hide caption. No one could tell them anything. wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The Schentrups also contend with this: the troubling sense that their sharp, individual loss has been swallowed up, overtaken by the post-Parkland movement. The same search for answers that don't come. The Schentrup family stands for a group portrait outside their home in Parkland, Fla., on Tuesday. Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. Before I leave, I ask the Schentrups the same question I asked them last year, just a few weeks after the shooting, when I visited them in Parkland at their invitation: Why talk to me? He like had his head fallen over he, okay, so here he he he was in his chair and he was slumped over like this." They have sat in a downtown Fort Lauderdale courtroom nearly every day since the state began presenting its case last week, shaking their heads, dabbing their eyes and holding on to one another during the most difficult moments. Was apparently conscious and able to acknowledge the officers but wasn't able to respond to their questions due to his injuries (was described as very out of it/delirious). They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. Jurors saw surveillance video of him buying a cherry-and-blue raspberry Icee at the Subway inside a nearby Walmart, sitting down in a booth in a McDonalds occupied by MSD student John Wilford, who didnt know Cruz. With more urgency than ever before, the Schentrups support gun control measures such as banning the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. ", The Schentrup family stands for a group portrait outside their home in Parkland, Fla., on Tuesday. Theresa Robinovitz cries after reading her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. A Warner Bros. But particularly this one says that one survivor hid directly behind him in the corner and later used his body as a shield: Witness testimony from survivor Aalayah Eastmond describes how she hid behind Dworet during the shooting. One year after their older daughter, Carmen, was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the Schentrup family works to find a new normal. When they were younger, Schentrup and his sister were almost best friends, he said, thanks in part to how close they were in age. It makes sense that most of the wounded were shot in the arms or legs. But Schentrup also pointed to cases in which innocent people were executed for crimes they didnt commit and use of the death penalty against people with intellectual disabilities. A. Asked for comment, Broward County schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew replied that April Schentrup's appointment "was intended to be short-term to provide a resource to focus on safety and security issues while waiting for staffing recommendations from Safe Havens." Alyssa Alhadeff (Room 1216): Shot in the heart, hand, femoral artery, and in the spine five times. 2. Carmen Schentrup, 16. Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Carmen played guitar, violin and piano. Rumors started spreading like wildfire that Carmen had been shot and was left in the building as other students were evacuated. Although we won't know until or if the autopsy reports are released, Ms. Schentrup was probably hit in the liver or perhaps the diaphragm. 'It's unimaginable, but we need to imagine it'. I have corrected it now. After Carmen was killed, Philip recalls what he heard from a close relative: "'Sorry, but this is the way it is. Such is the nature of capital punishment: Pursuing a death sentence, even against a defendant whose guilt has never been in doubt, requires putting a community that has already survived an unthinkable tragedy through more agony. But 14 students and three school staff members killed in the Valentines Day 2018 shooting each have their own set of loved ones, who, in turn, have their own opinions about what outcome the killers trial should render. Candles glow at a memorial site to honor 17 people who were killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. "It was hard in the beginning, and it's still hard," she says, her voice trembling, "because we miss [Carmen]. These are the victims of the Florida school shooting, Logically, it doesnt follow for me that we say, murdering someone is this horrible, heinous, awful, terrible thing, and in order to prove that point, were going to do it to someone else., And I understood that if this is something that I felt that I believe that it needed to apply in my personal case and beyond, he said. The experience of victims of similar tragedies points to the distress of hearing the brutal details of a loved ones death described in open court. . "But schools aren't taking it seriously. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old child was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 . And, as they explain during my visit, they want to share their "hard story" in hopes it will spark some positive change. The painting, acrylic on canvas, is by Parkland artist Nava Lundy, who created portraits of all 17 Parkland victims and gave them to the families. Anthony Borges, who was 15 at the time of the massacre, testified about being shot five times while he was in the hallway. This same witness later stated that they didn't exactly see where he was shot but that he had a bullet hole in his ribcage. Joaquin Oliver (Alcove of 3rd floor men's bathroom): Was initially shot in the knee and hand and crawled over to the bathroom to try and hide. PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 18: People visit a makeshift memorial in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on February 14, on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. She was 16. There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. Alex Schachter (Room 1216): Shot in once in the chest and in once in the head. Anyone can read what you share. To reinforce the impact of the bullets, a Broward crime-scene technician also showed jurors a laptop computer and a cell phone both damaged by bullets found on the floor of the school. But she quickly grew disillusioned. It's been one month since the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas. Seventeen people were killed and 17 injured in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. But I wasn't really able to do what I thought I should be doing, in a job that deals with something important like campus safety and security.". When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. A police officer also testified about spotting Cruz, wearing a burgundy polo and a cap, walking down a residential street a couple of miles from the school. One year after Carmen's death, April Schentrup stands beside a photograph of her daughter that was used during her funeral but now rests in the family's new home. April says when she tells people where they moved from, "They'll say 'Ohhhh! The Schentrups have traded the palm trees of southern Florida for snowy mountain views outside Seattle. This is our second amendment right. In conversations with friends and acquaintances, he felt many were simply deferring to what the victims families wanted, he said. Was frozen in fear after being trapped in the third floor hallway. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. Still, Schentrup is not alone in his stance against the death penalty: Michael B. Schulman, whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel, was one of three staff members killed, wrote an op-ed for the . "It's not fair that she's not with us," Jacqueline said. Meadow Pollack (Alcove of Room 1249): Shot initially 4 times when trying to cross the third floor hallway. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. In a general sense he felt he was opposed to it. I wasnt in the safe spot. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was murdered on Valentine's Day 2018, one week before her 17th birthday. The nature of a death-penalty trial requires documenting brutal crimes in painful detail, even when the defendants guilt has never been in doubt. Do they know their names? That is the campus security firm hired by the district to assess safety at Broward schools. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images), beyond the case of his sisters killer to capital punishment, its legacy as a tool of racial oppression, eventually conduct research to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, After the killer pleaded guilty last year, according to a 2020 report by the Death Penalty Information Center. Schentrup was looking forward to what their relationship would be like when they were older, believing they would have the same strong bonds he sees between his parents and their own siblings. On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. Jurors heard the difficult testimony and viewed graphic autopsy photos to conclude the first week of trial as prosecutors sought to illustrate the cruelty of Cruzs targeted rampage through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14, 2018. Following the sentencing of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 24, to life without parole for his massacre of 17 people (14 children) in 2018, parents of the young victims came forward to blast the decision to spare him the death penalty. April called Philip to say "Evelyn's safe, but I can't find Carmen.". But Feb. 14, we're just gonna be together.". The Schentrups now focus on their activism. I wanted to show that we think different things. . 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