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Officials wanted Florida school shooter committed for mental evaluation, but that never happened: Report

By Josh Siegel
Published March 18, 2018 7:28pm ET
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Officials wanted Florida school shooter committed for mental evaluation, but that never happened: Report
On Feb. 14, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was the site of a mass school shooting.

Officials recommended that Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in last month’s Florida school shooting, be involuntarily committed for a mental evaluation, but the information was never acted upon, according to a report Sunday.

Cruz is accused of killing 14 students and three school employees at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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