![]() ![]() Zachary Cruz goes on to tell deputies that Nikolas may have been their mother’s favorite son, but did not want to shoot up a school. (Keep scrolling to read everything Zachary Cruz told Palm Beach County deputies.) Zachary wishes that he had been ‘nicer’ to his brother,” the report reads. “Zachary explained that he and his friends, when they were younger, had bullied Nikolas, which he now regrets ever doing. Records show he told Palm Beach County deputies that he felt somewhat responsible for the school shooting, and could have possibly prevented it. Shortly after Nikolas Cruz was arrested for the school shooting, Zachary Cruz was Baker Acted. His mother also told deputies Zachary Cruz suffers from oppositional defiant disorder. Numerous incident reports reveal Zachary Cruz, like his brother Nikolas, suffers from ADHD. Deputies responded to the house, but neither Zachary Cruz or Rocxanne Deschamps were home. The call was placed about one month after their mother died. He needs to be in school,” she told dispatchers. “He has not been withdrawn from here … so we are concerned about his welfare, and that things are not happening, and they need to for this young man. While Nikolas Cruz acted out by purchasing guns and fighting with his guardian, Zachary Cruz did not go to school.Ĭontact 5 found a 911 call placed by a social worker at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, requesting a welfare check on Zachary Cruz. Records and 911 calls obtained by Contact 5 show both struggled to deal with the loss of their mother, but each dealt with it in different ways. ![]() Both brothers went to live with a family friend, Rocxanne Deschamps, in a Lantana trailer park after their mother’s sudden death. Like his brother, Zachary Cruz has a footprint in Palm Beach County. Zachary Cruz was investigated for things like running away from home, hitting his mom with a baseball bat, and refusing to go back to school after he was suspended.Ī report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows Zachary Cruz plead guilty in 2016 for juvenile charges of grand theft, criminal mischief and petty theft. Zachary Cruz had 41 run-ins with law enforcement, almost two times more than his older brother Nikolas, who had 23 run-ins. WPTV looked at law enforcement departments in Palm Beach County, Broward County and Coral Springs, and found a total of 57 times when either one or both brothers encountered law enforcement. WPTV analyzed police records over the last seven years that mentioned Zachary Cruz, his brother Nikolas or both brothers. Scripps station WPTV in West Palm Beach found the brothers share more than the campus where their crimes were committed. (Keep scrolling to read Zachary Cruz's arrest report.) JUST IN: Court confirms this is **not** the first time Zachary Cruz trespassed on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus. Cruz is the younger brother of the accused Stoneman Douglas gunman, Nikolas Cruz, who was charged with 17 counts of murder after allegedly shooting and killing staff and students on Valentine’s Day. Zachary Cruz, 18, who currently lives in Palm Beach County, was arrested by deputies on Monday for trespassing on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s campus. ![]() Two brothers who share the same last name, now share a rap sheet in Broward County for crimes committed on the same high school campus. ![]()
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