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| Nikolas Cruz court hearing cancelled: Appearance of Florida school shooting suspect dropped at last minute | |
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| The teenager alleged to have carried out the Florida high school massacre was to appear in court charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Tuesday morning, before the hearing was cancelled without explanation. | The teenager alleged to have carried out the Florida high school massacre was to appear in court charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Tuesday morning, before the hearing was cancelled without explanation. |
| Nikolas Cruz, 19, was expected to make his third appearance at a Broward County criminal court on Tuesday morning as prosecutor applied to obtain evidence from him. | Nikolas Cruz, 19, was expected to make his third appearance at a Broward County criminal court on Tuesday morning as prosecutor applied to obtain evidence from him. |
| But minutes before he was due in court, the hearing disappeared from the list without explanation. His lawyer later said defence attorneys had reached a deal with prosecutors seeking DNA samples of the teenager. | |
| Mr Cruz is alleged to have shot dead 14 pupils and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the deadliest high school shooting in US history. | Mr Cruz is alleged to have shot dead 14 pupils and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the deadliest high school shooting in US history. |
| Prosecutors had been set to apply for to obtain hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of the suspect. | |
| The court was cancelled as a national debate on firearms control rages after being reignited by 14 February gun attack. | |
| Follow our live updates on proceedings in court. | Follow our live updates on proceedings in court. |