Gunfire Erupts at a School. Leaders Offer Prayers. Children Are Buried. Repeat:

FBI says it failed to act on tip about Florida shooting suspect.

Information that he might attack school should have been treated as ‘potential threat to life,’ bureau says.

A person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the bureau’s tip line on Jan. 5 to report Cruz’s erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts, gun ownership and a possible desire to conduct a school shooting, the FBI said in a statement.

Earlier, a lawyer for Cruz argued the massacre could have been prevented had authorities recognized the repeated warning signs in the teenager’s life.

• The F.B.I. should have assessed and forwarded the information from a tipster that Nikolas Cruz had the potential to conduct a school shooting, the agency said.
• Florida’s governor urged Christopher A. Wray, the bureau’s director, to quit, adding to Republican pressure on the F.B.I.

The FBI received information last month, from an individual who knew Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz, warning the agency that the 19-year-old might stage an attack. The individual stated that Cruz had multiple guns, expressed a strong desire to kill people, frequently exhibited erratic behavior and shared disturbing social media posts. The FBI said the caller also expressed concerns Cruz could attack a school. The agency did nothing to investigate and didn't even pass the information on to their Miami bureau. Cruz killed 17 people and injured 14 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (center) on Wednesday. Last night, 1,000 people gathered at the school for a candlelit vigil (inset) to remember the victims. Cruz's Instagram was filled with disturbing posts, apparently picturing him showing off his many weapons (left).

Florida Suspect Showed ‘Every Red Flag’

Ex-Student Is Said to Confess in School Attack That Killed 17

By RICHARD FAUSSET and SERGE F. KOVALESKI 10:17 AM ET

• Before Nikolas Cruz became the suspect in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, there had been troubling signs for as long as anyone could remember.
• Students and neighbors told stories of their experiences with him and wondered if anything could have been done.

Florida gunman says 'demon voices' told him how to pull off school shooting as police reveal they were called out 39 TIMES to his family home before his mother died suddenly last year

The gunman who killed 17 people inside a school in Florida told police he heard voices of ‘demons’ in his head that gave him instructions for the attack. It has also emerged that police were called to Nikolas Cruz's family's Parkland home (inset) 39 times since 2010, according to police records obtained by CNN. The sheriff's office received a range of emergency calls that included: 'mentally ill person,' 'child/elderly abuse,' 'domestic disturbance,' 'missing person,' and several others. Cruz moved in with a friend's family after his adoptive mother, 68-year-old Lynda Cruz (left), passed away in November from pneumonia. During his first court appearance on Thursday (main), Cruz was comforted by his public defender as he was ordered held without bail in connection to the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday that left 17 dead and 14 injured. As of Friday, seven of the injured were still hospitalized, one in critical condition and seven in stable. Around 1,000 people gathered for a heartbreaking vigil in honor of the victims last night (bottom right), which began with a moment of silence for those slain at the school. Dressed in the school's colors, some held flowers while others wielded signs asking for action to fight school violence, including gun control.

'He's sad. He's mournful. He's remorseful. He's a child. He's just a broken human being': Public defender puts her arm round mass shooter then makes emotional plea for understanding

The teen faces 17 counts of premeditated murder - charges that carry the death penalty in Florida.

Inside the shooter's deadly day: He took an Uber to school, hid extra magazines, then escaped with fleeing students before getting a drink at SUBWAY then headed to McDONALD'S before he was apprehended

A timeline of the school shooter's deadly day is beginning to take shape, as it emerged he took an Uber to the school to begin his carnage, and afterwards stopped at fast food chains. 

'Get out, things are gonna get messy': Student, 15, reveals Florida gunman spared his life when he bumped into him loading his AR-15 in the corridor before he alerted heroic coach who ran toward the gunfire and died saving students

A student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has revealed that his life was spared by shooter Nikolas Cruz just moments before her opened fire in a masscre that left 17 dead.