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    Attorney: Florida shooting suspect is 'sad, mournful, remorseful' and 'a broken human being'

    by Matt Pearce, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2018 6 minutes

    PARKLAND, Fla. - The expelled student accused of killing 17 people at his former South Florida high school is "sad, mournful, remorseful" and "he's just a broken human being," one of his attorneys told reporters Thursday.

    After a judge ordered Nikolas Cruz, 19, held without bond as he faces 17 counts of premeditated murder, defense attorney Melissa McNeil said that Cruz was "fully aware of what is going on," but had a troubled background and little personal support in his life before the attack.

    Cruz appeared via video, in an orange jumpsuit and with his head slightly bowed, for an initial Broward County court hearing Thursday.

    Meanwhile, investigators were scouring Cruz's social media posts for possible motives or warning signs of the attack. Several social media accounts bearing Cruz's name revealed a young man fascinated by guns who appeared to signal his intentions to attack a school long before the event.

    Nine months ago, a

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