Five school years. Seven schools. Here is a look at how Nikolas Cruz moved through the Broward County Public Schools.
Jan. 23, 2002 � Nikolas Cruz, at 3 years old, is diagnosed as developmentally delayed.
Feb. 5, 2014 _ At age 15, Nikolas leaves Westglades Middle School in Parkland.
Feb. 6, 2014 � Nikolas starts at Cross Creek, a school in Pompano Beach for students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
June 1, 2015 _ A school report says Nikolas is at times distracted by inappropriate conversations by classmates if the discussion is about guns, people being killed, or the armed forces.
Jan. 11, 2016 � Nikolas, now 17, stops attending Cross Creek school full time
Jan. 13, 2016 _ He starts at Stoneman Douglas High. He continues to attend Cross Creek part-time, through June, Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said.
Feb, 5, 2016 _ The Broward Sheriff's Office receives a report from a neighbor that Cruz posted on Instagram that he plans to shoot up the school. Police determined he has knives and a BB gun and passed the information along to the school resource officer, who is a sheriff's deputy on campus.
August 22, 2016 _ After the summer break, Nikolas returns to Stoneman Douglas High, full time.
Sept. 20, 2016 _ Nikolas is suspended for fighting.
Sept. 24, 2016 � Nikolas turns 18.
Sept. 28, 2016 � Florida child welfare workers investigate after Nikolas cuts himself while on Snapchat.
Nov. 12, 2016 � Child welfare investigation is closed.
November 2016 _ Educational specialists recommend Nikolas transfer back to Cross Creek but he doesn't want to. Now 18 and legally an adult, Nikolas also refuses to receive further mental health and other services.
Jan. 12, 2017 � Lynda Cruz, Nikolas' mother, sells the longtime family home at 6166 NW 80th Terrace in Parkland.
Jan 19, 2017 _ Nikolas receives an internal one-day suspension for an assault. The school asks the district to conduct a threat assessment on him.
Feb. 8, 2017 � Nikolas is banished from Stoneman Douglas, according to a discipline file.
Feb. 11, 2017 _ He buys the AR-15 rifle that he will use one year later in the Stoneman Douglas massacre.
For the next calendar year, Nikolas bounces between various alternative schools for at-risk youth: The Off Campus Learning Centers, the Henry D. Perry Education Center, and the Dave Thomas Education Center. Runcie said his attendance was poor.
Nov. 1, 2017 � Cruz's mother dies pneumonia at age 68.
Nov. 30, 2017 _ The Broward Sheriff's Office receives a warning that Nikolas is collecting guns and knives and could be a "school shooter in the making." The caller notes that Nikolas has moved to Palm Beach County and the deputy refers the caller to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. That agency said it has no record of any such incident or threat.
Feb. 14, 2018 � Armed with the AR-15 rifle, Cruz, age 19, goes on a shooting rampage at Stoneman Douglas High, killing 17. He flees the building undetected and is later caught wandering around a residential neighborhood.
_Sources: Broward County Public Schools, the Broward Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Children & Families
