Anthony Borges, who was 15 at the time of the massacre, testified about being shot five times while he was in the hallway. I then placed myself underneath his lifeless body. Three years ago, when defense attorneys said the gunman would plead guilty for a life sentence without parole, Michael B. Schulman whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel was one of three staff members killed wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel calling for prosecutors to accept the plea. Trump's lawsuit against the AG had sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleges . A subreddit centered on the phenomenon of mass murder and the perpetrators who commit them, their motivations, crimes and the psychology of these individuals. It layers on a whole bunch of other things to it, he said, just having kind of everyone know about it, and maybe not know I was related to it., Schentrup struggles, he said, with the preconceived notions that people have about the shooting. Alyse Young for NPR '", Carmen Schentrup at age six. So I'm sure it'll involve that. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. . The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous. The dark day was February 14, 2018, and even after 4 years of what happened people still cannot forget the horrific day. How old are they? Schentrup was looking forward to what their relationship would be like when they were older, believing they would have the same strong bonds he sees between his parents and their own siblings. hide caption. Later finished off with multiple shots to the chest and abdomen. In conversations with friends and acquaintances, he felt many were simply deferring to what the victims families wanted, he said. The teen was shot eight times and would have stayed alive for a short time. The family has no special plans that day. So I don't know. The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick's Day festival the month after her death. Ive spent countless hours looking for videos of the case but I dont think I ever came across that. "I guess it was just too much change for me," she says, recalling her first panic attack: "I just started crying out of nowhere, and so I went to the bathroom to wipe off my tears, you know, fix my makeup, like a teenager would do. Robert Schentrup, 23, lost his younger sister Carmen in the Parkland shooting. Then Nicholas Dworet rapidly fell over in front of me. According to Why Meadow Died, Feis had gunshot residue/burn marks on his hands indicating that he may have tried to make a grab for Cruz's rifle barrel since he was fairly close to Cruz. In fact, what it will do is to continue the trauma and not allow the victims to heal and get closure, Schulman wrote. "And then come tell me why we can't do things to keep our kids safe. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". Stacey Lynn Lippel: A language arts teacher, grazed on the arm by a bullet, Samantha Grady: Minorly injured by shrapnel, was sitting next to Helena Ramsey, who died. [2] [3] [4] Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the . She saw your daughter get shot. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was born on February 21, 2001. The Schentrups have never considered themselves activists; this will be the first time they've taken part in a protest. 25 Feb 2023 22:05:43 hide caption. "I just felt this urgency," Lundy says. One year after their older daughter, Carmen, was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the Schentrup family works to find a new normal. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. He like had his head fallen over he, okay, so here he he he was in his chair and he was slumped over like this." The urn is blue: Carmen's favorite color. Martin Duque Anguiano, 14, appeared to try to shield himself, based on defensive wounds to the hands, Boiko said. He described. At times, she says, staying in Parkland felt "suffocating." April, who worked as an elementary school principal near Parkland, Fla., now advocates for gun reform. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. Carmen was a 16-year-old senior. I also feel a certain responsibility to let it be known, he added, so people can if theyre saying, well, I defer to the victims make an informed choice about their own feelings on this issue.. Couresy of the Schentrup family Carmen Marie Schentrup 2/21/01-2/14/18. In terms of abdominal gunshot wounds, it really just depends what the bullet hits as it passes through and what sort of bullet. from CNN: Some people are just sad he's not with us anymore. The gunman kept asking him for a ride, even following Wilford to his moms car in the parking lot. If shed survived, she would have been paralyzed.. But she quickly grew disillusioned. Now, her parents, Philip and April, wear teal bracelets printed with her name and the dates that mark her short life: 2/21/2001-2/14/2018. Also on Friday, jurors saw the spent AR-15 magazine clips found on the scene. "To be honest, it's the same day I live over and over," he says. On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people [note 2] and injuring 17 others. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? '", "Think about that," Philip urges. . Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in school so she could go on to study medicine and eventually conduct research to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Her senior year in high school, she signed up for six Advanced Placement classes, even though her father suggested she lighten her load and have more fun. And when a hail of rifle bullets cut her down in her classroom, the high-velocity bullets caused extensive damage to her body, an associate medical examiner testified on Friday, underscoring the devastating carnage wrought by the AR-15 fired by shooter Nikolas Cruz. I believe there is a typo in Gina's blurb. With the conclusion of his death penalty trial looming, families of the Parkland school shooters victims will soon learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death, an outcome many have indicated they prefer. It appears he ran to the school and opened the door to the stair well just as Cruz entered the stairwell from the other door and immediately shot him in the head as soon as he saw him. This subreddit is not meant to glorify mass killers, but rather to discuss and attempt to understand their behavior. The last line looks like it was transposed from Alex S. Youre welcome, thank you for pointing that out btw. And were not all in opposition. '", "On the other hand," April adds, "we had another family member right when this incident happened tell me, 'We have this type of gun in our home, and we no longer want it.'". "When we listen to each other, politics doesn't have to be a bad thing," said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. There are several areas of the abdomen where if one were hit, they would suffer from intense internal bleeding that would likely result in their death unless EMS arrived within seconds of the injury or if another individual quickly rendered effective first aid. Carmen SCHENTRUP. We wanted to speak up.". Anybody have links to the videos OP references? He avoided the death penalty by a jury and was sentenced to life . Although we won't know until or if the autopsy reports are released, Ms. Schentrup was probably hit in the liver or perhaps the diaphragm. Helena Ramsey (Room 1214): Killed by one or two gunshot wounds to the chest area. It would be 12 excruciating hours before an FBI agent finally confirmed to the Schentrups that their daughter was among the 17 dead. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old child was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 . Was killed near instantly but was also shot (possibly postmortem) in the chest, arms, and possibly the head again according to family friend Jesse Pan. Mariah Carey Is Making a Secret Appearance in Broadway's Some Like It Hot Musical Watch,Mariah Carey isn't just producing the new musical Some Like It Hot, she's also got a small part in it! Unlike his parents, he opposes the death penalty for the gunman. ", The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. As I sat down I remember telling myself, if I were to get shot anywhere I wouldn't make it, I needed to get behind something. They. Theyll make the decision that they make. Many have indicated they support the death penalty, a stance underscored by the raw and painful testimony parents and other family members gave during the trial, detailing how the killers actions had robbed them not only of their children and loved ones but also their futures and all the memories that would have been made. And the fact that its super awkward and people dont know how to talk about it I also still dont know how to talk about it just makes it that much more difficult and makes the conversation that much harder.. On Monday, Nikolas Cruz's defense team was found guilty of killing 17 people and injuring 17 others in a fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, and began to submit his case. It was just failure after failure after failure. hide caption. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. The same search for answers that don't come. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. Since they didnt do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time, she wrote. Since the shooting and moving with her family across the country, Evelyn has struggled with anxiety and enrolled in online high school classes. The program for a concert in memory of Robert Schentrup's sister Carmen Schentrup. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Cruz walked up to him and subsequently shot him several times before finishing him off with a single shot to the head. A Jury Has Spared The Parkland Shooter From The Death Penalty. A mass killer is defined as one person who kills 3 or more individuals arbitrarily in a contained population at a single point in time. Was killed after running to the scene of the shooting in an attempt to neutralize Cruz. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. Dr. Boiko described autopsies of four students, and the details were gut-wrenching. She recalls the family's frantic search for information: calling friends, sending out messages on social media, driving from hospital to hospital searching for Carmen. 2023 Cable News Network. Ultimately, the Schentrups learned what happened in Carmen's classroom that day. Some families, including the Schentrups, have chosen not to watch the trial at all. Robert, 18, a college freshman, highlights his sister's competitive streak. Hers is one of 17 shrines to the victims of the Parkland shooting. "We've always been private people," Phil explains. But the horrifying particulars, conveyed in emotional witness testimony, chilling audio recordings and dispassionate forensic accounts, are impossible to avoid altogether: How a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tied a baby blanket around a wounded students arm as a tourniquet. The defense can counter as it has in the Parkland case that too much graphic evidence may taint the jurys verdict, though judges often give prosecutors significant latitude. "She'd ask a million questions," her father says. But it feels necessary. It was only in the last year and a half or so, he said, with the trial approaching that he thought about it more and his opinion was clarified, thanks in part to Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. On Valentine's Day 2018, my world forever changed. And it's sad to think that I'm thankful that one out of two of my children came home from school.". Her friend describes her body as leaning against the wall/sliding down the wall after being hit. The Schentrup family in 2016: Philip, Robert, April, Carmen and Evelyn. On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. Questions like, how many kids do you have? ", "This happened 19 years later after Columbine, five years later after Sandy Hook," April adds. A couple minutes, Boiko said. CARMEN SCHENTRUP. Until Friday, the first week of trial testimony has largely been marked by harrowing accounts from teachers and students who dodged bullets, suffered gunshot wounds and saw their classmates shot dead inside classrooms of the freshman building. Family members and classmates held onto the little hope that perhaps she had been sent to the hospital and was in surgery, recovering, but just unidentified. Samantha Fuentes: Was shot multiple times in both legs and sustained shrapnel wounds to her legs and face. Carmens murder was hard, Schentrup said, for him and his family. I once saw Victoria, Joaquins girlfriend, tweet something how an msd memorial page posted a video on Instagram of Joaquins body while the students were being evacuated by police. Being told, when the medical examiner gives the body back to the funeral home, 'You can't see her. We shouldnt even have to endure this trial. And other days it's a lot harder.". With more urgency than ever before, the Schentrups support gun control measures such as banning the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. It's believed she crouched/hid in the alcove of Room 1249 since the door was locked and Cruz was firing down the hallway. Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much All Rights Reserved. Carmen was one of 17 students and staff killed in that Valentine's Day shooting, and over the past year, the Schentrups have formed a tight bond with the other Parkland victims' families. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. Carmen Schentrup, 16, was shot and killed in her advanced placement psychology class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a week before her 17th birthday. Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. "It'll never be Valentine's Day for us," April adds. And if so, live through that.. And if we can do some little thing that prevents people from going through that, I think we'll consider this worth the time and effort. But not all.. The class split in half. It felt like all those 11 bullets were hitting my own body, she said. Carmen was a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, one of 53 in Broward County. The other half was diagonally across from the window, in complete view. They'll be joined by many other Parkland families, as well as clergy and members of their Episcopal church, St. Mary Magdalene of Coral Springs, Fla., where Carmen was a youth group leader. A small number of people connected to the tragedy have publicly opposed capital punishment, in part because the very process of securing a death penalty verdict and waiting out the inevitable years of appeals would be so difficult. Ms. Schentrup said she has read occasional news articles or heard from families in attendance. Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. "People constantly say to me, 'I can't imagine what you're going through,'" he says. Ten. How can you not want to be there for that?. Perhaps nothing highlights the spectrum of feelings on the shooters fate more than the disagreement between Schentrup and his parents. Dr. Boiko described how a fatal graze wound suffered by a third girl fractured her skull and caused brain damage. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. Carmen Schentrup was a high school senior, one week shy of her 17th birthday, when she was shot and killed in her AP psychology classroom. Police arrested 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz for killing 17 people at the high school. One girl suffered five wounds, including a fatal one to the head. Feis was critically injured when he threw himself between the shooter and his students, his body taking the bullets that had been meant for them. I looked up and saw Helena Ramsay slump over with her back against the wall, I began smelling and inhaling the smoke and gun powder. At one point, a female juror also wiped away tears. The nature of a death-penalty trial requires documenting brutal crimes in painful detail, even when the defendants guilt has never been in doubt. April finds that now in a new city, on a different coast, meeting new people the simplest questions can be the hardest to answer. 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