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Grand Jury Formally Indicts Alleged Parkland School Shooter On 34 Counts

If 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz is convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors could seek the death penalty.

A grand jury in Ft. Lauderdale formally charged Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., with 17 counts of first-degree murder on Wednesday.

The indictment, announced by the office of Michael Satz, the Florida state attorney for Broward County, also included 17 counts of attempted murder.

Cruz, 19, is accused

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