Parkland shooting: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder, faces death penalty trial Published on October 20, 2021 Politics 1910 views Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing 17 people — 14 students and three staff members — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., avoiding a trial but setting up a fight over his punishment for the 2018 attack. More