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U.S. NEWS Monday 23 april 2018

Suspected Florida school

shooter appears in court

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man The shooting comes just quoted him as saying.
accused of opening fire at over two months after a She said he told her he
a Florida high school was gunman killed 17 people didn't think the gun would
denied bond during his first and wounded 17 others at work. The two talked for
court appearance Satur- Marjory Stoneman Douglas about three minutes until
day. High School in Parkland, the principal and school re-
The Ocala Star-Banner re- Florida. Nikolas Cruz, 19, source officer took him into
ported that Sky Bouche faces the death penalty custody.
appeared before Judge if convicted in that Valen- Bouche apologized as he
Willard Pope via video tine's Day shooting. was led away in handcuffs.
conference at the Marion Bouche told authorities he The Star-Banner inter-
County Jail, with a public purchased the shotgun in a viewed Bouche shortly af- Marion County Sheriff's Detectives John Lightle, left, and Sgt.
defender at his side. private sale roughly a week ter his arrest. He said his Mike Mongeluzzo, right, escort a handcuffed and shackled Sky
Pope said he denied bail after the Parkland shooting. earliest memories are of Bouche, 19, center, to a waiting patrol car, Friday, April 20, 2018,
due to the nature of the He said there is no paper- "violence and conflict." q in Ocala, Fla.
charges against Bouche, work for the 1930 shotgun, Associated Press
which include terrorism, and there was no back-
aggravated assault with a ground check because it
firearm and carrying a con- was a private sale.
cealed firearm. A second Detectives said Bouche
hearing for Bouche was set told them he felt an adren-
for May 22. aline rush Friday morn-
Friday's shooting at Forest ing and was ready for the
High School in Ocala hap- shooting but said the ex-
pened on a day planned citement quickly wore off,
for a national classroom and he was unable to carry
walkout to protest gun vio- out his plan. When he first
lence and left one person entered the school, he said
wounded. it was empty so he went to
Just hours after the shoot- the bathroom and put on a
ing, a detailed picture of tactical vest and gloves.
the troubled teen's life and Bouche told detectives
a possible motive emerged he fired into a classroom
in interviews with detec- door and the shrapnel
tives and a local newspa- hit a student in the ankle.
per. The alleged shooter then
The 19-year-old Bouche al- dropped his weapon and
legedly told Marion County surrendered to one of his
Sheriff's investigators he former teachers.
considered shooting up "His hands were up and
a church but settled on a he said he wanted to be
school because "it creates arrested ... 'I am mentally
more attention." ill,'" Kelly McManis-Panasuk