School Officials Wanted The Parkland Shooter Committed Back In 2016

The more I hear about this, the more my head spins. I can’t believe how many signs officials at ALL levels missed (or in some cases, straight up ignored).

Last week, we found out that the shooter told his therapist all about his gory dreams of “killing people” and being “covered in blood.” It gets even worse. Some officials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School wanted him committed back in 2016, but nothing ever happened.

Documents in the criminal case against Cruz showed that school officials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and a sheriff’s deputy recommended in September 2016 that Cruz be involuntarily committed for mental evaluation under Florida’s Baker Act for at least three days, according to The Associated Press.

The documents, part of Cruz’s criminal case in the shooting, showed that he had written the word “kill” in a notebook, told a classmate that he wanted to buy a gun and use it, and had cut his arm supposedly in anger because he had broken up with a girlfriend. He also told another student he had drunk gasoline and was throwing up. Calls had even been made to the FBI about the possibility of Cruz using a gun at school.

All that happened AND some, yet nothing came of it.

The documents were provided by a psychological assessment service initiated by Cruz’s mother called Henderson Behavioral Health. The documents showed a high school resource officer who was also a sheriff’s deputy and two school counselors recommended in September 2016 that Cruz be committed for mental evaluation under Florida’s Baker Act. That law allows for involuntary commitment for mental health examination for at least three days.

Such an involuntary commitment also would have been a high obstacle if not a complete barrier to legally obtaining a firearm, such as the AR-15 rifle used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre on Feb. 14, authorities said.

It breaks my heart that no one acted on this. This entire tragedy could’ve been prevented.

It gets a bit more interesting. Scot Peterson– also known as the officer who refused to intervene during the shooting– was the school resource officer who recommended that authorities commit Cruz.

Yep.

The documents did not say why Cruz was not committed under the Baker Act or whether he may not have qualified for other reasons. The law allows a law enforcement officer such as Peterson to initiate commitment under the Baker Act.

An attorney for Peterson did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Sunday.

This serves as yet another example that guns aren’t the problem. Government failed. Period.

h/t Fox News