His guilty plea comes more than three years after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
During a court hearing in Broward County on Wednesday morning, he pleaded guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting.
Loved ones of Cruz's victims were in the courtroom during the hearing, some quietly crying and holding each other at times. Following his plea, Cruz addressed victims' families through tears, apologizing for his actions and saying it was for them that he was pleading guilty. "I am very sorry for what I did, and I have to live with it every day... and I am doing this for you, and I do not care if you do not believe me," he said."And I love you, and I know you don’t believe me, but I have to live with this every day, and it brings me nightmares, and I can’t live with myself sometimes."
Cruz's statement was also peppered with some bizarre asides. He noted without context that he"can’t even watch TV anymore," and at one point appeared to blame marijuana use for his rampage. In the days and weeks that followed the massacre, survivors
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