Confessed School Shooter Refused Mental Health Services
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PARKLAND (CBSMiami/AP) - Confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who attended a school with programs for emotionally and disabled students, refused to let the district continue providing him with mental health services after he turned 18.
Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said federal law kept them from doing anything about it.
"You can't make someone do something when the law says they have the right to make that determination," said Runcie.
Cruz, now 19, is accused killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day.
Runcie after attending the special needs program, Cruz returned to Douglas in August 2016. By November, he said the "situation had deteriorated." With the support of his mother, Cruz refused the special services and remained at the school until February 2017.
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