Florida Valentine's Day shooter Nikolas Cruz owned up to his crimes of murder when his statement was taken under police custody in the said state. The 19-year-old, who was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, said that voices in his head prompted him to do what he did.
On Feb. 14 Cruz started shooting people in South Florida High School with a AR-15 type weapon. The crime left 17 dead and more than a dozen people wounded. The shooter was immediately caught and was in police custody hours after the incident.
Now that Cruz confessed to the crime, he also confessed that there were "voices" in his head when the crime happened. The said voices were supposedly giving him instructions on what to do and how to conduct the attack, as Cruz claimed.
Local law enforcement agency described the voices as "demons."
Cruz was already known to be a loner in his school and his passionate interest in weapons was no secret to his teachers and classmates. Some described him as depressed and different. One called him a "psycho."
Mostly, Cruz was described by his acquaintances as someone "alone in the world." He was taken in a by a family attorney when his biological mother died, and he was battling depression at a young age. His stepmother thought he was doing well with therapy.
However, Cruz remained to be an outcast, as evidenced by his posts on social media.
After the tragic shooting, Broward hospitals accepted 17 wounded patients. As of right now, one of those patients is in critical condition, seven in fair condition, and one in good condition.
Cruz's public defender Melisa McNeil said that Cruz was filled with regret regarding his actions.
"He's sad. He's mournful. He's remorseful. He is fully aware of what is going on, and he's just a broken human being," the attorney said.
