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Texas school shooting invades trial of Parkland murderer

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Cruz, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and to the wounding of 17 others. The trial will decide whether Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz speaks with Assistant Public Defender Tamara Curtis during jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Cruz, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and to the wounding of 17 others. The trial will decide whether Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz holds his head in his hand just prior to the day's jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Cruz, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and to the wounding of 17 others. The trial will decide whether Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table during jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and to the wounding of 17 others. The trial will decide whether Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool) Parkland parent Tom Hoyer, speaks during to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission as his wife Gena, right, looks on, April 10, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla. Hoyer stood outside the Fort Lauderdale courtroom Wednesday, May 25, 2022 where jury selection is underway in the penalty phase of the gunman who killed his son Luke and 16 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. He said it's "heartbreaking" to think about what happened Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)