Chris Hixon

Why the Parkland school building still stands, 5 years after shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. — The walls still hold up the ceilings, but they’re pocked with bullet holes.
Miami Herald
7 min read
Parkland victims’ families create and expand foundations to keep memories of loved ones alive
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “I can’t imagine what you are going through,” people often say to Jennifer Montalto.
Tribune News Service
6 min read
5 years after Parkland, families cope through good works
After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory
The Independent UK
19 min read
From Parkland families, parting words of grace and sorrow
It has been five years since the massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claimed 17 lives, an observance that is different from previous ones.
Tribune News Service
9 min read
Parkland killer to get life, but families getting their say
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is about to be sentenced to life in prison, but not before his victims' family get to call him a monster to his face
The Independent UK
5 min read
Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma
Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve
The Independent UK
28 min read
Gran of Parkland school shooting victim, 14, tells 'monster' he will 'burn in hell'
The families of 17 people shot dead and 17 left wounded in Parkland, Florida, are standing up in court and addressing former Stoneman Douglas High School student Nikolas Cruz
Daily Mirror
5 min read
Fabiola Santiago: No justice: Florida jury gives a gun-obsessed monster what he took from innocents — life
He killed 17 and injured 17 more.
Miami Herald
5 min read
Parkland victim’s son storms out of court as Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty
The man’s father was athletic director Chris Hixon, 49, who was killed as he tried to stop the shooting
The Independent UK
4 min read
Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma
Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve
The Independent UK
28 min read