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The Daily

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

“All he cares about is his gun.” “He could be a school shooter in the making.” Those were among the concerns expressed in calls to law enforcement about Nikolas Cruz, who is suspected of shooting 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Yet so many red flags triggered no legal action. How is that possible? Guest: Richard A. Oppel Jr., a national correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the Daily.

0:08.8

Today in dozens of 9-1-1 calls about Nicholas Cruz

0:14.4

Collars expressed concerns that quote all he cares about is his gun and

0:20.8

He could be a school shooter in the making

0:24.6

How so many red flags could trigger no

0:28.8

legal action

0:32.1

It's Tuesday, February 27th

0:38.1

I will want to emergency. How can I help you? It's November 28th 2017 and police in Florida receive a call from a woman named Roxanne to shop

0:51.5

There's just been a fight on her house. She tells the 9-1-1 to spatter

0:54.9

Rich Opel is a national correspondent for the Times

1:04.4

It's Nicholas Cruz

1:11.2

She tells police that he's pissed off that he's coming to the house. He's hitting the walls banging the walls

1:16.5

Going nuts in the house and it crews punches her son in the face

1:19.9

Her son then tells him he needs to leave. Do you know which direction he ran or took off or in a vehicle?

1:27.1

No, he probably

1:29.1

He doesn't have a vehicle. He's walking and it's probably turning right on

1:33.8

Going to go in South on Congress. That's where it takes

1:40.3

Big like big sporting goods

1:42.9

Yeah, you thought he thought it gone about a week and a half ago and he gets it today

1:47.2

So that we're saying that he's going there now in much of the calls a woman's matter of fact

1:51.5

She's just describing in fairly calm tones what she's been seeing

1:54.8

But there's one moment where she seems genuinely afraid

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