And when a hail of rifle bullets cut her down in her classroom, the high-velocity bullets caused extensive damage to her body, an associate medical examiner testified on Friday, underscoring the devastating carnage wrought by the AR-15 fired by shooter Nikolas Cruz. As inspiration, the Schentrups give credit to the Parkland students who have created a nationwide movement around this issue. Healing, for me, is not something that will happen based upon a verdict at the end of the trial, he said. "It's something we feel we have to do not only for Carmen, but for Robert and Evelyn. The first hint she got that something was wrong was when she received a baffling text message from daughter Evelyn. Victims relatives have filled several rows in the courtroom over the past two weeks, listening closely as the lead prosecutor, Michael J. Satz, called dozens of witnesses. April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It makes sense that most of the wounded were shot in the arms or legs. The wounded students have also detailed a litany of injuries inflicted by the AR-15 bullets shattered kneecaps, pierced lungs and close-call grazes to the head. "We've always been private people," Phil explains. A third wound blew off part of her shoulder blade. Schentrup's parents disagree with him, according to CNN, as do several other families of Parkland victims. Died on the golf cart en route to the triage center set up outside the school. The program for a concert in memory of Robert Schentrup's sister Carmen Schentrup. Last summer, their son Robert, who is in college, joined Evelyn on the Road to Change bus tour, registering new voters and promoting gun violence prevention. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. She got killed in a deadly shooting by the alumni of her school inside the premises. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. The aggravating factors include that the murders were heinous, atrocious or cruel, and that they were committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated way. They. That Mr. Cruz fled the school and went to a Subway and a McDonalds before being arrested. [2] [3] [4] Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the . The trying to grab the gun thing is from Why Meadow Died and isnt confirmed so thats why I said he possibly may have done that. When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. He stuck the barrel of his semi-automatic, assault-style rifle through and fired, bullets flying everywhere. Frozen in horror: Notes from inside the Parkland school massacre site. Also it could be that whoever originally stated he was shot in the back of the head (report came from one of the officers who evacuated Coach Hixon) saw the back of the head wound and mistook it for an entry wound when it couldve been an exit wound actually. Zero USA Founder & CEO Robert Schentrup is brother to Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 victims of the Parkland School Shooting. How old are they? Image Credit: Amy Beth Bennett/AP/Shutterstock. Carmen was a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, one of 53 in Broward County. Carmen Schentrup was a high school senior, one week shy of her 17th birthday, when she was shot and killed in her AP psychology classroom. There are a ton of witness reports about it. Since they didnt do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time, she wrote. "I went close to get a better gauge and she wasn't moving and she was just laying there," she said. "It's not fair that she's not with us," Jacqueline said. "It'll never be Valentine's Day for us," April adds. Before I leave, I ask the Schentrups the same question I asked them last year, just a few weeks after the shooting, when I visited them in Parkland at their invitation: Why talk to me? Thanks for the write up. Carmen was in her AP Psychology class, just minutes from finishing the school day and returning home to our family. Helena Ramsey (Room 1214): Killed by one or two gunshot wounds to the chest area. That is the campus security firm hired by the district to assess safety at Broward schools. Carmen was one of 17 students and staff killed in that Valentine's Day shooting, and over the past year, the Schentrups have formed a tight bond with the other Parkland victims' families. Was subsequently shot in the back an additional 5 times (killing both girls). Carmen was 15. Carmen Schentrup, 16 A straight-A student and National Merit Scholarship finalist, she planned to become a doctor who researched amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig's Disease. It was just failure after failure after failure. We shouldnt even have to endure this trial. A native of San Diego, he graduated from the University of Southern California and joined the Herald in 2002 as a sports reporter. Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. Carmens murder was hard, Schentrup said, for him and his family. April called Philip to say "Evelyn's safe, but I can't find Carmen.". On Friday, jurors and family members of victims heard from Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Iouri Boiko, who performed autopsies on a number of MSD students the day after the massacre, which killed 17 students and staff. A few questions, if you know the answers. I looked up and saw Helena Ramsay slump over with her back against the wall, I began smelling and inhaling the smoke and gun powder. And it's sad to think that I'm thankful that one out of two of my children came home from school.". There was an overhead video of the triage center and I kept hearing that someone passed away outside "on the sidewalk". The Schentrups have little patience for the argument that it's the shooter that's the problem, not the weapon. Then Nicholas Dworet rapidly fell over in front of me. The damage is very significant.. Following the sentencing of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 24, to life without parole for his massacre of 17 people (14 children) in 2018, parents of the young victims came forward to blast the decision to spare him the death penalty. "I know we need to act. She was 16. "But we hope for them.". Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in school so she could go on to study medicine and eventually conduct research to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. And maybe, maybe you'll be able to see her then. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. The officer who transported Hixon gave a statement saying that Hixon died on the golf cart en route to the triage area but I could be wrong. . Jennifer and Tony Montalto listen as the assistant medical examiner for Palm Beach county testifies about the gunshot wounds sustained by their daughter Gina Montalto, during the penalty phase of her killer's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 26. For Nicholas Dworet, we definitely now know he was with the group that went to the more exposed corner. I also feel a certain responsibility to let it be known, he added, so people can if theyre saying, well, I defer to the victims make an informed choice about their own feelings on this issue.. In the aftermath of his sisters killing, he said, he didnt know what to think about the death penalty. For Philip Schentrup, whose daughter Carmen was among the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., each day brings the same, sharp pain. Since the shooting and moving with her family across the country, Evelyn has struggled with anxiety and enrolled in online high school classes. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. "It's almost a compulsion," Philip says, of his and April's activism. Many of the Parkland victims families have endorsed the prosecutors pursuit of the death penalty, even knowing that the trial would be excruciating. Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder as they share memories of their daughter, who showed she was gifted from an early age. "She would go online and find a song she loved and just practice until she did it," says her younger sister Evelyn, age 14. As I sat down I remember telling myself, if I were to get shot anywhere I wouldn't make it, I needed to get behind something. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. To shield heartsick families from the most macabre details of how their loved ones were murdered in a mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., the court handling the gunmans sentencing trial has taken an extraordinary step: Graphic videos and photographs are shown only to the jury, so that victims relatives and others in the courtroom gallery do not have to endure them. Membership Signup; Member Login, etc. She was also a National Merit Scholarship finalist, but Carmen never knew, because her family found out the day after she was killed. Theyll make the decision that they make. Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. hide caption. After her son shared his statement on Twitter expressing his opposition, April Schentrup retweeted it, writing, I love but disagree with my son., If police did their job that day the shooter wouldve been killed at MSD. "I say those words. Was frozen in fear after being trapped in the third floor hallway. This is basically a pressure wave which can cause damage to nearby tissue, organs and nerves even if those tissues/organs weren't directly in the bullet's trajectory. Carmen, 16, a senior, was in her AP Psychology class in room 1213, near a podium, when she was shot three times and died of her wounds, according to Chief Assistant State Attorney Mike Satz. Funeral Home Services for Carmen are being provided by Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Coral Springs, Florida. Family members and classmates held onto the little hope that perhaps she had been sent to the hospital and was in surgery, recovering, but just unidentified. Two years ago, my daughter Carmen was gunned down in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Samantha Fuentes: Was shot multiple times in both legs and sustained shrapnel wounds to her legs and face. But particularly this one says that one survivor hid directly behind him in the corner and later used his body as a shield: Witness testimony from survivor Aalayah Eastmond describes how she hid behind Dworet during the shooting. Her mother said He shot her 10 times. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. Would this have been Hixon? Being told, when the medical examiner gives the body back to the funeral home, 'You can't see her. The Schentrups learned about warnings made to the FBI's tip line weeks and months before, alerting the agency to specific threats the shooter had made; the FBI has admitted those tips fell through the cracks. Couresy of the Schentrup family Another girl, shot four times, was missing much of her arm. If shed survived, she would have been paralyzed.. "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. Also on Friday, jurors saw the spent AR-15 magazine clips found on the scene. For a few weeks after their daughter Carmen was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, a week shy of her 17th birthday, April and Phil Schentrup could barely. Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. Their strength has become hers, April says. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. CARMEN SCHENTRUP. In the years since, Schentrup has moved to Seattle, Washington, and, like many other victims relatives, has poured himself into addressing gun violence: Today he works on the organizing team for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and helps manage its youth program called Team ENOUGH. He unzipped his jacket during his testimony to show jurors scars from the bullet wounds and from 14 subsequent operations. And then I couldn't stop crying. "And some days, you know, it's true. It was just like a river of tears down my face. Ever since then, he has been working tirelessly on the issue of gun violence prevention, sitting on the Team Enough Executive Committee and helping lead a gun violence prevention chapter at his university. Alania Petty (Room 1216): Shot somewhere in the upper torso or possibly the neck. But there is more to it than that. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. Theresa Robinovitz cries after reading her victim impact statement during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. But Feb. 14, we're just gonna be together.". hide caption. In various places. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla They have to prove that there are 17 murders and 17 attempted murders, Ms. Levine said. "We become immune to tragedy," he says. His body, along with Gina's, can be seen in the hallway during the video of the students being evacuated from room 1213. Their view, however, is not unanimously held. I was thinking it could've been him or Kyle Laman but Kyle escaped and the body stayed put in the video. April finds that now in a new city, on a different coast, meeting new people the simplest questions can be the hardest to answer. Carmen was a c-section baby and wanted to come out breach, but luckily, Carmen entered this world a healthy baby. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators. All of them were failing. Seventeen people were killed and 17 injured in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. How the high-powered bullets ravaged childrens bodies. Robinovitz's granddaughter Alyssa was killed in the 2018 shootings. We can fix it. And if so, live through that.. So we lost bathroom privileges at certain hours. So typically, if you're not shot in the head, spine, or chest, you'll be ok? "Well you should. The gunman kept asking him for a ride, even following Wilford to his moms car in the parking lot. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. They learned about the long chain of security failures at the high school, including warnings that were ignored, gates that were left unlocked, and a long delay in calling a "Code Red" alert once the shooting began. Prosecutors argue that the grisly specifics, while painful, are necessary to prove to the jury that the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, who has pleaded guilty to 17 murders and 17 attempted murders, deserves the death penalty instead of life in prison without the possibility of parole. A portrait of Carmen, given to the family by a Parkland artist, hangs in the Schentrups' living room, not far from the metal urn that holds her ashes. Carmen Schentrup was a 16-year-old student who attended Stoneman Douglas high school. Whether it's feel, whether it's call, whether it's knock on doors, whatever it is, that they just do something. It would be 12 excruciating hours before an FBI agent finally confirmed to the Schentrups that their daughter was among the 17 dead. or 'the Parkland activists!' BBC News A gunman who killed 17 people at his former high school has gone on trial in Florida, with jurors set to decide whether he faces the death penalty or life in prison. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old child was gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 . We had alot of broken security cams/blindspots, alot of kids had sex in the school. Unlike his parents, he opposes the death penalty for the gunman. But the horrifying particulars, conveyed in emotional witness testimony, chilling audio recordings and dispassionate forensic accounts, are impossible to avoid altogether: How a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tied a baby blanket around a wounded students arm as a tourniquet. 'I just want to know where my daughter is'. Dr.. . Three years ago, when defense attorneys said the gunman would plead guilty for a life sentence without parole, Michael B. Schulman whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel was one of three staff members killed wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel calling for prosecutors to accept the plea. Her senior year in high school, she signed up for six Advanced Placement classes, even though her father suggested she lighten her load and have more fun. The jury must be unanimous to recommend death. Robert Schentrup holds flowers and a candle during a candlelight vigil at Memory Mall on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando, Florida, on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, on Thursday, February 14, 2019. There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. And as the trial proper got underway this summer, he wanted to make that known. They'll be joined by many other Parkland families, as well as clergy and members of their Episcopal church, St. Mary Magdalene of Coral Springs, Fla., where Carmen was a youth group leader. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. Carmen was a 16-year-old senior. Thats not what a Florida doctor took out, state says, Ghislaine Maxwell appeals verdict and 20-year sex-trafficking sentence, DeSantis criticism of Orlando prosecutor overlooks key facts about shooting suspect, Police report: Arrested Opa-locka cop beat wife, kids for years. Was killed after running to the scene of the shooting in an attempt to neutralize Cruz. A mass killer is defined as one person who kills 3 or more individuals arbitrarily in a contained population at a single point in time. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. Follow our live coverage of the decision in the Parkland shooting trial. They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. The family hopes that by their speaking out, others can better understand that suffering: its causes and consequences. If the projectile hit the kidney or the arteries connected to it, that would also be quickly fatal. hide caption. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It sounded promising, like a way to make real change. The video was removed and I have yet to find anything of that nature, but it exists. . You do feel like that. I have corrected it now. And there shouldn't be more parents like us. She especially adored the Harry Potter series, identifying with the brainy character Hermione. And I say 'Yup, that's Parkland, Fla." ', "But I wonder," she says, her voice catching, "do they know the people that died? The Schentrups have traded the palm trees of southern Florida for snowy mountain views outside Seattle. "And even as devastating as it was, I kept thinking, 'At least one of my children came home that day.' He avoided the death penalty by a jury and was sentenced to life . Her family was also planning a trip that summer to the island nation, where some of her relatives live. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. hide caption. Peter Wang Allen Breed / AP Peter Wang was. "The only thing more he could have done to signal his intent was to buy a billboard on [I-]95 and put a billboard up there, because he was telling people all the time that he wanted to go do bad things. Hes the mayors brother, Florida Keys firefighter arrested after deputies say she beat her wife outside a bar, Human smuggling, a truck and a school bus: A Broward child rapist goes back behind bars. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. from CNN: Some people are just sad he's not with us anymore. But she quickly grew disillusioned. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. No one could tell them anything. '", "Think about that," Philip urges. Jurors saw surveillance video of him buying a cherry-and-blue raspberry Icee at the Subway inside a nearby Walmart, sitting down in a booth in a McDonalds occupied by MSD student John Wilford, who didnt know Cruz. Also shot (possibly execution style) by a close range/near-contact gunshot wound of the chest. The relief that freshman Evelyn was okay, was followed by panic. The urn is blue: Carmen's favorite color. They blow up like a snowstorm, he said of the bullets, which left large exit wounds. It's definitely not easy. We need to do something more than pray and console each other. Discovery Company. Alyse Young for NPR And other days it's a lot harder.". The memoir retraces the early days of the non-profit organization, with a focus on Stevensons work representing a man sentenced to die for a crime of which he was innocent. Nah I have never even heard of that vid or seen it, if it was out there it may be impossible to find. The defense has the right to not have a jury that is overwhelmed, said Robert M. Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. Several witnesses have cried on the stand. from Refinery 29: But also, because we discover that he's not with us. The Schentrups also contend with this: the troubling sense that their sharp, individual loss has been swallowed up, overtaken by the post-Parkland movement. When he fell over I fell over with him. from People: It's only two weeks since Monisha was not with us anymore. Every day of trying to hold yourself together.". Her father Philip's voice shakes with anger and grief as he speaks of the aftermath. It was around dismissal time on a routine school day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the horror began.. A 19-year-old gunman walked onto the campus of the school in Parkland, Florida, armed with what police say was a military-style semi-automatic rifle and countless magazines, and killed at least 17 people. Parkland high-school student Alaina Petty was just 14 years old, and weighed just 105 pounds. "To be honest, it's the same day I live over and over," he says. We disagree with our son however, on this topic., As shown in the trial, he wrote, Carmens murderer expressed pride and joy in murdering Carmen and 16 other incredible people. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. "I just felt this urgency," Lundy says. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. What made the hard days even worse was learning about all of the things that went wrong leading up to the shooting. This is the part where people try to convince me that vengeance should make me feel better and that it will bring me closure so that I can continue to heal., But I do not f**king care, Schentrup wrote, because my sister is dead, and killing someone else will not bring her back.. Where are Nikolas Cruz's parents, Linda and Roger Cruz? I just can't be here.' appreciated. GoFundMe; Facebook, Joan Cox. The conversation is etched in April's mind: "She said, 'I'm speaking for my sister, 'cause she can't speak. After that, the bullet was fragmented into multiple fragments that perforated the lungs, liver, kidney and exits on the left lateral side of the torso, Boiko testified. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). ", "Carmen never got that," he adds quietly. One year after Carmen's death, April Schentrup stands beside a photograph of her daughter that was used during her funeral but now rests in the family's new home. (In a grim irony, Alaina who wanted to join the military and had joined the schools Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program herself liked shooting the same weapon.). Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. Another bullet entered through her ribs and did what high-velocity bullets are designed to do. They'll be adding their voices to a chorus of demands that political leaders act to reform gun laws. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? So I don't know. "But schools aren't taking it seriously. She recalls the family's frantic search for information: calling friends, sending out messages on social media, driving from hospital to hospital searching for Carmen. The book and Schentrups own research opened his eyes to issues many opponents of capital punishment point to in their critiques of the death penalty, one being its racist history in the United States and how unevenly its applied to defendants of color. Others have testified for only a few minutes, with Mr. Satz asking minimal questions. Robert, 18, a college freshman, highlights his sister's competitive streak. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' Sharon Risher, whose mother, Ethel Lee Lance, died in the Charleston church attack, recalled sitting in court during that gunmans trial as a torturous ordeal especially when prosecutors showed her mothers autopsy report. Green sticky notes mark pages of photos from Carmen's childhood that April selected to use during the funeral. ", A makeshift shrine for Carmen Schentrup stands outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I had a bad gut feeling about it, testified Wilford who would later learn that his sister, Madeline, was wounded in the attack by the very teen whod been pestering him for a ride. . Trump's lawsuit against the AG had sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleges . On top of that, Schentrup questions the common argument in support of capital punishment that the death penalty deters crime. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. Carmens murderer deserves the death penalty.. Robert Schentrup, 23, lost his younger sister Carmen in the Parkland shooting. Even when I was in highschool back in the early 2010s, they had to start locking bathrooms for kids sneaking in to do all kinds of shit. hide caption, Carmen skipped a grade early on, and her parents say she never lost her strong sense of self-determination. hide caption, Evelyn and April sit below a portrait of Carmen. "She'd ask a million questions," her father says. She took on pre-calculus in a six-week summer session. He signaled his intent for years," Philip says, referring to the shooter. 2023 Cable News Network. The Schentrups' activism is overlaid with the daily struggles of just getting through another day without their daughter. Get all Latest News about cara dune, Breaking headlines and Top stories, photos & video in real time On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people [note 2] and injuring 17 others. Cruz walked up and shot Meadow 5 times in the back with the bullets passing through her into Cara which killed her. Dr. Boiko described autopsies of four students, and the details were gut-wrenching. He let in multiple students but to lock the doors he had to do it from the outside and was subsequently killed while trying to do this. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. And the fact that its super awkward and people dont know how to talk about it I also still dont know how to talk about it just makes it that much more difficult and makes the conversation that much harder.. 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