"I think part of me just broke," April says, weeping as she recalls that moment. Some families of the Parkland school shooting victims have left the courtroom during explicit testimony. It was these intellectual arguments that were most convincing for him personally, Schentrup said. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. How the gunfire from a semiautomatic rifle boomed inside a classroom under attack. Broward pastor sells church out from under parish to fuel drug habit, authorities say, They were pulled over for tinted windows in Florida. Instead, one week earlier, she was one of 17 people gunned down at . Shot a single time in the head from close range afterwards. PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 18: People visit a makeshift memorial in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on February 14, on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Still trying. We need to be focusing on the systems that failed us, instead of what I believe is the symptom of that failure.. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - The parents of Carmen Schentrup walked into the Broward School Board building Tuesday with heavy hearts and specific complaints about the way the school district. Dr. Boiko described how a fatal graze wound suffered by a third girl fractured her skull and caused brain damage. "I guess it was just too much change for me," she says, recalling her first panic attack: "I just started crying out of nowhere, and so I went to the bathroom to wipe off my tears, you know, fix my makeup, like a teenager would do. Since they didnt do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time, she wrote. Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in the gunmans trial this week, almost a year after he pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, to decide whether to recommend he be sentenced to death. In the aftermath of his sisters killing, he said, he didnt know what to think about the death penalty. We believe under Florida law a death sentence is the appropriate outcome.. I was thinking it could've been him or Kyle Laman but Kyle escaped and the body stayed put in the video. The 12-person jury has also seen numerous surveillance video clips, chronicling Cruzs methodical attack, firing into classrooms through windows on the doors, sprinting to the third floor and gunning down terrified students gathered in the hallway. "To be honest, it's the same day I live over and over," he says. "And some days, you know, it's true. Politicians on both sides of the aisle expressed their condolences to the families and victims of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Tuesday on the tragedy's fifth anniversary. It's all of the above. Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder. Discovery Company. Trials of gunmen who have killed so many people in mass shootings are extremely rare, because they have almost always died during the attack. 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. Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool). 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. "We guard ourselves from it, we don't want to think about it. Were not all in support. Also shot (possibly execution style) by a close range/near-contact gunshot wound of the chest. 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. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' 'I just want to know where my daughter is'. Im very into the details of this case as you are. The nature of a death-penalty trial requires documenting brutal crimes in painful detail, even when the defendants guilt has never been in doubt. And they learned about the deeply flawed response by law enforcement officers as they responded to the scene. 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. The Schentrups have never considered themselves activists; this will be the first time they've taken part in a protest. 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. The program for a concert in memory of Robert Schentrup's sister Carmen Schentrup. When he fell over I fell over with him. Couresy of the Schentrup family Was killed after running to the scene of the shooting in an attempt to neutralize Cruz. 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Benjamin Wikander: Shot in the right upper arm, Justin Colton: Shot in the lower back and arm, Andrea Kowalski-Rospierski: Teacher, grazed on the cheek by a bullet, Samantha Mayor: Shot once in the left knee/leg. Philip, a tech executive, remembers coming home one day when Carmen was about three to find her holding a book. CARMEN SCHENTRUP. Would this have been Hixon? "But again, it just didn't feel right. The family does not like to disagree. The class split in half. Since 1977 when executions were reintroduced, nearly 300 Black defendants have been executed for the murder of a White victim, while just 21 White defendants have been executed for the murder of a Black victim, according to a 2020 report by the Death Penalty Information Center. Healing, for me, is not something that will happen based upon a verdict at the end of the trial, he said. In Alainas case, she was shot four times. Rumors started spreading like wildfire that Carmen had been shot and was left in the building as other students were evacuated. Now, her parents, Philip and April, wear teal bracelets printed with her name and the dates that mark her short life: 2/21/2001-2/14/2018. "Just laying there still and there. hide caption. Its very high energy, Boiko said of the bullets. Was killed near instantly but was also shot (possibly postmortem) in the chest, arms, and possibly the head again according to family friend Jesse Pan. "It'll never be Valentine's Day for us," April adds. Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. The more the Schentrups learned, the angrier they got. On Valentine's Day 2018, my world forever changed. ", Her mother remembers, "She called me just saying, 'I can't breathe. She wanted to get into the best colleges she could.". The Schentrup family stands for a group portrait outside their home in Parkland, Fla., on Tuesday. "All I kept saying was, 'I just want to know where my daughter is,'" she says. Alyssa Alhadeff (Room 1216): Shot in the heart, hand, femoral artery, and in the spine five times. As inspiration, the Schentrups give credit to the Parkland students who have created a nationwide movement around this issue. Testimony from other medical examiners made some victims relatives cry. Robert Schentrup Mar 05, 2018 University of Central Florida Julie Halpert February 14: Valentine's Day. wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. "You search for normalcy, a 'new normal,'" he says, then pauses. 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. We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. In conversations with friends and acquaintances, he felt many were simply deferring to what the victims families wanted, he said. It sounded promising, like a way to make real change. Injuries (could only find descriptions for 14 of the 17 injured): Anthony Borges: He was shot five times. "It isn't an either/or. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. hide caption. It will not make the physical scars of those wounded go away. Some of the relatives of those murdered, listening in court, grimaced, shook their heads or put their hands to their faces as he explained the internal damage caused by the bullets. Some sources say he was killed before he could get up from his desk but other sources say that he was killed when him and a group of students hid in a corner that was in the direct line of sight of the door. Though the defendants guilt is not in question, prosecutors must show the jurors what happened in order to prove the aggravating factors required under Florida law to justify the death penalty, according to Gail Levine, a former Miami-Dade County prosecutor who tried 15 capital homicides. Helena Ramsey (Room 1214): Killed by one or two gunshot wounds to the chest area. Schentrups personal stance puts him at odds with many of the victims families, including his own parents, who told CNN in a statement the death penalty is the right punishment for their daughters murderer. Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and driven student, Carmen had dreams of becoming a medical researcher and finding a cure for the neurodegenerative disease ALS. David Ovalle covers crime and courts in Miami. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. The bathroom doors were locked due to students vaping so he couldn't get in. Schentrups opposition to the death penalty was more of an intellectual response than an emotional one, he indicated. Was frozen in fear after being trapped in the third floor hallway. And as the trial proper got underway this summer, he wanted to make that known. They. 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. At the time more than two years before the start of the trial Schulman said to secure the death penalty instead, families would have to live through the trauma of a trial and relive the murders of their loved ones. This same witness later stated that they didn't exactly see where he was shot but that he had a bullet hole in his ribcage. And I say 'Yup, that's Parkland, Fla." ', "But I wonder," she says, her voice catching, "do they know the people that died? 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. One girl suffered five wounds, including a fatal one to the head. She got killed in a deadly shooting by the alumni of her school inside the premises. Carmen was in her AP Psychology class, just minutes from finishing the school day and returning home to our family. But Schentrup hopes that by sharing his personal stance others will examine the issue for themselves. Parkland, Fla. March for Our Lives!' Crawled a few feet over to another student (Cara Loughran) who had already been shot, in a bid to protect/shield her. 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. Ive spent countless hours looking for videos of the case but I dont think I ever came across that. '", "Think about that," Philip urges. At one point, a female juror also wiped away tears. Meadow Pollack, 16, was shot nine times, at close range, including shots to the head and torso, which damaged lungs and spinal cord. After Carmen was killed, Philip recalls what he heard from a close relative: "'Sorry, but this is the way it is. Peter Wang Allen Breed / AP Peter Wang was. 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. April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I have corrected it now. He like had his head fallen over he, okay, so here he he he was in his chair and he was slumped over like this." I had to look deep into my values and say, is this something that connects with it? Zero USA Founder & CEO Robert Schentrup is brother to Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 victims of the Parkland School Shooting. And the way she died and the unusually public nature of it was strange and confusing. She was also a National Merit Scholarship finalist, but Carmen never knew, because her family found out the day after she was killed. And hugging Evelyn a little bit harder. James Edward Smith II is a third-generation pastor that allegedly defrauded his church over half a million dollars, officials said. Later finished off with multiple shots to the chest and abdomen. "It didn't feel like it was a real job," she says. There is also some information around about how he apparently was sharing a Snapchat just moments before he was shot and killed. But not all.. Carmen was in the top of her class, her brother said, and was accepted to the University of Floridas honors program and was also accepted to the University of Washington. "But we hope for them.". The damage is very significant.. But hes not confident his own position will prevail in jurors minds, telling CNN he believes the sentence will be death. You do feel like that. 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. He stuck the barrel of his semi-automatic, assault-style rifle through and fired, bullets flying everywhere. The gunman kept asking him for a ride, even following Wilford to his moms car in the parking lot. Carmen played guitar, violin and piano. ", "So you put on this facade that you're OK, you're strong, you're going to get through this, you're a fighter," she says. Cruz walked up to him and subsequently shot him several times before finishing him off with a single shot to the head. Where was Bourges when he was shot? But they feel they can't stay silent any longer. It makes sense that most of the wounded were shot in the arms or legs. from CNN: Some people are just sad he's not with us anymore. "They needed to be away from all the problems and the stress behind everything. The same search for answers that don't come. In fact, what it will do is to continue the trauma and not allow the victims to heal and get closure, Schulman wrote. Since they didn't do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time," Carmen Schentrup's mother, April Schentrup, wrote. And when rescue came, they didn't take her with them.'". "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. Her friend describes her body as leaning against the wall/sliding down the wall after being hit. This story was originally published July 22, 2022, 5:22 PM. Questions like, how many kids do you have? The relief that freshman Evelyn was okay, was followed by panic. Im pretty sure he saw Cruz and then turned to run and was shot in the back of the head while he was turning. Placing his arm across my body and my head underneath his back. Ms. Schentrup said she has read occasional news articles or heard from families in attendance. Very quickly, news started spreading that there had been a shooting at her daughters' high school. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). But I also feel very much that this is something that I believe in, that is in accordance with my values, said Schentrup, whose opposition to the death penalty extends beyond the case of his sisters killer to capital punishment as a whole for the same apparent flaws critics point to; its legacy as a tool of racial oppression or its use on people with intellectual disabilities, among others. Was shot in the 3rd floor hallway but managed to make it a few steps into the 3rd floor stairwell before dying. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. Ultimately, the Schentrups learned what happened in Carmen's classroom that day. Cruz waived his right to be present at the viewing. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. Anyone can read what you share. We need to do something more than pray and console each other. This subreddit is not meant to glorify mass killers, but rather to discuss and attempt to understand their behavior. Robert Schentrup, 23, lost his younger sister Carmen in the Parkland shooting. They were among the 17 people killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day in 2018. When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. And if so, live through that.. Jurors heard the difficult testimony and viewed graphic autopsy photos to conclude the first week of trial as prosecutors sought to illustrate the cruelty of Cruzs targeted rampage through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14, 2018. So I'm sure it'll involve that. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla 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. 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. But Feb. 14, we're just gonna be together.". FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Peter Wang's mother has four tattoos memorializing her 15-year-old son, one inked on Feb. 14 each year since he was killed. Reporters have viewed the graphic evidence at the end of each days hearing in court. "Since February 14, this is every day. It was just failure after failure after failure. 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. I wasnt in the safe spot. But she was like a lot of other teens, too, with a close-knit group of friends she would always hang out with, Schentrup remembered. 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. While son Robert remained in Florida to attend college, the rest of the family moved to Washington state. Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. Carmen Schentrup passed away on February 14, 2018. . "You can say it's the man sure," Philip says. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was born on February 21, 2001. 2023 Cable News Network. ", "It's unimaginable, but I think we need to imagine it," April says. While he believed that Mr. Cruz deserved death, Mr. Schulman wrote, pursuing that sentence would involve reliving the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting over and over again. On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. That on the day before the massacre, he had searched online: How long does it take for a cop to show up at a school shooting.. 34 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. April says when she tells people where they moved from, "They'll say 'Ohhhh! hide caption. Smh who downvoted this lol? It would be 12 excruciating hours before an FBI agent finally confirmed to the Schentrups that their daughter was among the 17 dead. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. How the high-powered bullets ravaged childrens bodies. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? Melisa Block/NPR But if that is true, I dont think its been publicly avalible at least. Melissa Block/NPR She especially adored the Harry Potter series, identifying with the brainy character Hermione. Hixon's death impacted the entire community, as he was a mentor to many of his peers and students and a coach across several schools in Broward County, his wife said. The judge has allowed the evidence over the objections of defense lawyers, who say that it is repetitive, gruesome and intended to prejudice the jury against their client. 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. Philip offers this: "We hope there's something that we can share, you can share, that helps to advance our conversation as a country, a community of people, to make things better. A few questions, if you know the answers. or 'the Parkland activists!' Alyse Young for NPR He avoided the death penalty by a jury and was sentenced to life . 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. "It felt like, here's this mom who's grieving or vocal about all these issues, and let's just give her a job and make it seem to the public like they're doing a good thing. April called Philip to say "Evelyn's safe, but I can't find Carmen.". Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much The Rev. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Peter Wang, 15 Photo of Peter Wang My Account; Password Reset . Some of the relatives have said they would not comment publicly for the duration of the trial. Carmen SCHENTRUP. Do they know their names? If the projectile hit the kidney or the arteries connected to it, that would also be quickly fatal. Jamie Guttenburg (Just inside 3rd floor stairwell): Shot in the back through the spinal cord. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg (s). "She learned how to read well before kindergarten," recalls April. Many of the Parkland victims families have endorsed the prosecutors pursuit of the death penalty, even knowing that the trial would be excruciating. "It's something we feel we have to do not only for Carmen, but for Robert and Evelyn. The family has no special plans that day. 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. Half of my class ran to the safe spot which was out of view from the window in the classroom door. It layers on a whole bunch of other things to it, he said, just having kind of everyone know about it, and maybe not know I was related to it., Schentrup struggles, he said, with the preconceived notions that people have about the shooting. Couresy of the Schentrup family This year's anniversary comes in the wake of the court's decision to spare the shooter, 24-year-old Nikolas Cruz, from the death penalty, charging him with life in prison without parole for 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, to which he pleaded guilty. I believe there is a typo in Gina's blurb. But 14 students and three school staff members killed in the Valentines Day 2018 shooting each have their own set of loved ones, who, in turn, have their own opinions about what outcome the killers trial should render. "There's a lot of people who just want to argue the extremes: [Either the] gun was the issue or mental health was the issue," Philip says. I think it may have been Martin Duque since when they found him he was alive but he died soon after they took him out of the school. I followed every movement of his body. Mariah Carey Is Making a Secret Appearance in Broadway's Some Like It Hot Musical Watch,Mariah Carey isn't just producing the new musical Some Like It Hot, she's also got a small part in it! "She'd ask a million questions," her father says. In various places. Unfortunately, Carmen never made it out of her classroom alive. Robert Schentrup of Brady United, a national gun-reform group, lost his 16-year-old sister, Carmen, in the Parkland shooting. Samantha Fuentes: Was shot multiple times in both legs and sustained shrapnel wounds to her legs and face. I once saw Victoria, Joaquins girlfriend, tweet something how an msd memorial page posted a video on Instagram of Joaquins body while the students were being evacuated by police. "Well you should. Was apparently conscious and able to acknowledge the officers but wasn't able to respond to their questions due to his injuries (was described as very out of it/delirious). Here are the victims: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14 Alyssa, 14, was. 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