F.B.I. Was Warned of Florida Suspect’s Desire to Kill but Did Not Act
The F.B.I. failed to act on a tip in January from a person close to Nikolas Cruz warning that he owned a gun and might conduct a school shooting, the bureau acknowledged on Friday, in its first admission that it might have been able to prevent the deadly attack at a Florida high school.
The tipster said Mr. Cruz had a “desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts” and advised the F.B.I. of “the potential of him conducting a school shooting,” the agency said in a statement.
The information should have been assessed and forwarded to the Miami F.B.I. field office, the agency said.
“We have determined that these protocols were not followed for the information received,” the agency said.
“The information was not provided to the F.B.I. Miami field office, and no further investigation was conducted at that time.”
Not a hint anywhere what they could have done to prevent the shooting, anyway, had they followed through.
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