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A source not authorized to speak on the record confirmed to the Herald that Cruz struggled with his gun during the onslaught, either due to the weapon jamming or because he fumbled trying to reload it.
Several state legislators who visited the school with crime-scene investigators said they learned from police that Cruz's rifle was not top-of-the-line, perhaps explaining the malfunction.
The "weapon and bullets were not high quality and were breaking apart," one of the legislators, state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, told the Herald.
Cruz went in with only 10-round magazines because larger clips would not fit in his duffel bag, Book said.
Seventeen people died in Cruz's attack. Another 15 were wounded. It could have been far worse had he continued firing: Before the weapon jammed, the 19-year-old tried to shoot out a third-floor window in the freshman building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School so he could spray bullets onto helpless students and staff below. But the hurricane-impact glass did not break.
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Several state legislators who visited the school with crime-scene investigators said they learned from police that Cruz's rifle was not top-of-the-line, perhaps explaining the malfunction.
The "weapon and bullets were not high quality and were breaking apart," one of the legislators, state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, told the Herald.
Cruz went in with only 10-round magazines because larger clips would not fit in his duffel bag, Book said.
Seventeen people died in Cruz's attack. Another 15 were wounded. It could have been far worse had he continued firing: Before the weapon jammed, the 19-year-old tried to shoot out a third-floor window in the freshman building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School so he could spray bullets onto helpless students and staff below. But the hurricane-impact glass did not break.
More at ...
Florida school shooter's AR-15 may have jammed, saving lives, report says
