Editing Nikolas Cruz (section)

==Trivia==
*Cruz was inspired by several infamous school shootings including the Texas Tower shooting perpetrated by [[Charles Whitman]] in August 1966<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/im-going-what-did-youtube-12029749 'I'm going to do what he did': YouTube user 'Nikolas Cruz' revealed mass shooting plan NINE MONTHS before Florida school massacre], ''The Mirror''</ref> and the Columbine High School Massacre perpetrated by [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]] in 1999. 
*He is openly [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]], [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] and [[homophobia|homophobic]], and identifies as a member of the [[Alt-Right]], according to various posts from his social media accounts.
*Cruz is a strong supporter of former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] and reportedly wore a red "Make America Great Again" hat to school quite often. He was also known to frequently insult liberals, communists, and members of [[Antifa]].<ref>[https://newsone.com/3841685/parkland-shooter-trump-maga-hat/ Parkland Shooter Loved MAGA Hats And ‘Anything Associated With Trump’: Report], ''NewsOne''</ref>
*Cruz was a fan of the YouTuber Rusty Cage, whose Knife Game Song videos were in Cruz' phone search history, as shown in a police report. Rusty Cage made a video after finding out he was in the police report, making fun of Cruz and saying he doesn't condone the actions of school shooters, viewing them as "fucking pathetic losers".
*At the time of the shooting, he was enrolled in a GED program and employed at a local dollar store.
*He reportedly bragged to friends that he enjoyed killing and torturing animals.
*Just seconds before the shooting began, a student named Chris McKenna entered the stairwell as Cruz was loading his weapon, who said to him, "Get out of here, things are about to get bad."
*The Parkland shooting is currently ranked the third deadliest school shooting in United States history and the 9th deadliest mass shooting overall. It is also the deadliest school shooting to take place on a high school campus, surpassing the [[Eric Harris|Columbine]] [[Dylan Klebold|massacre]] of 1999.
*Cruz has an IQ of 83, which is in the low average range.
*According to the Miami Herald, Cruz's birth mother Brenda Woodard was arrested 28 times, including a 2010 charge for beating a companion with a tire iron. She was also arrested for buying crack cocaine when pregnant with Cruz. 
*Cruz has an older half-sister named [[Danielle Woodard]], who is allegedly serving an eight-year prison sentence for charges including second-degree attempted murder of a police officer. When she was younger, Danielle Woodard had been charged for bringing weapons to school. She has been arrested 17 times.