Whether it's feel, whether it's call, whether it's knock on doors, whatever it is, that they just do something. from People: It's only two weeks since Monisha was not with us anymore. It layers on a whole bunch of other things to it, he said, just having kind of everyone know about it, and maybe not know I was related to it., Schentrup struggles, he said, with the preconceived notions that people have about the shooting. At least one family walked out of the courtroom during Dr. Boikos testimony. In Alainas case, she was shot four times. The conversation is etched in April's mind: "She said, 'I'm speaking for my sister, 'cause she can't speak. Asked for comment, Broward County schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew replied that April Schentrup's appointment "was intended to be short-term to provide a resource to focus on safety and security issues while waiting for staffing recommendations from Safe Havens." April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Before I leave, I ask the Schentrups the same question I asked them last year, just a few weeks after the shooting, when I visited them in Parkland at their invitation: Why talk to me? I also want to make sure that Carmen's not forgotten. Still, Mr. Schentrups position which he described as shaped by his religious upbringing and by survivors of the Charleston, S.C., church shooting in 2015, who preached forgiveness is so unusual among the Parkland victims families who have spoken about the trial that his parents have publicly disagreed with him. Many of the Parkland victims families have endorsed the prosecutors pursuit of the death penalty, even knowing that the trial would be excruciating. At the time she died, Carmen had been accepted into the University of Florida's honors program, with dreams of becoming a medical researcher. The defense has the right to not have a jury that is overwhelmed, said Robert M. Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. Several witnesses have cried on the stand. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. Do we know who that is, out of the injuries? After that, the bullet was fragmented into multiple fragments that perforated the lungs, liver, kidney and exits on the left lateral side of the torso, Boiko testified. Perhaps nothing highlights the spectrum of feelings on the shooters fate more than the disagreement between Schentrup and his parents. A mass killer is defined as one person who kills 3 or more individuals arbitrarily in a contained population at a single point in time. The other half was diagonally across from the window, in complete view. All Rights Reserved. Todd. The aggravating factors include that the murders were heinous, atrocious or cruel, and that they were committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated way. hide caption. The video was removed and I have yet to find anything of that nature, but it exists. A. Schentrup, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Florida when his sister was killed, remembers her as a brainy and ambitious teenager, someone whose focus was doing well in. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. Scott Beigel (Doorway of Room 1256): Killed instantly by a shot to the chest (at/near his heart according to witnesses). Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The judge has allowed the evidence over the objections of defense lawyers, who say that it is repetitive, gruesome and intended to prejudice the jury against their client. And they learned about the deeply flawed response by law enforcement officers as they responded to the scene. But 14 students and three school staff members killed in the Valentines Day 2018 shooting each have their own set of loved ones, who, in turn, have their own opinions about what outcome the killers trial should render. They were among the 17 people killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day in 2018. '", "Think about that," Philip urges. "I just felt this urgency," Lundy says. Some shook their heads in anger or disbelief, others sat with their eyes closed, looking crushed. Do you have a link to the tweet about it though by any chance ? Carmen devoured books so many that her older brother Robert bought her an e-reader to lighten her load. The trying to grab the gun thing is from Why Meadow Died and isnt confirmed so thats why I said he possibly may have done that. It's all of the above. The painting, acrylic on canvas, is by Parkland artist Nava Lundy, who created portraits of all 17 Parkland victims and gave them to the families. How the high-powered bullets ravaged childrens bodies. Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. After watching todays trial of the Nikolas Cruz penalty phase, the autopsy reporter, Dr. Boiko, confirmed that Carmen Schentrup was shot in the right temple and said that was her cause of death. Ms. Schentrup said she has read occasional news articles or heard from families in attendance. Melisa Block/NPR Since 1977 when executions were reintroduced, nearly 300 Black defendants have been executed for the murder of a White victim, while just 21 White defendants have been executed for the murder of a Black victim, according to a 2020 report by the Death Penalty Information Center. I just can't be here.' Alyse Young for NPR So typically, if you're not shot in the head, spine, or chest, you'll be ok? Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). Several months ago, April Schentrup kept that urn close by, nestled at her feet, as she flew across the country to the family's new home. 6:39 PM EDT, Mon October 10, 2022. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' The family has no special plans that day. In making their case for death, prosecutors have argued the shooting was calculated and premeditated, while the shooters defense attorneys have called for a life sentence, presenting evidence of his troubled upbringing at home and in school and developmental difficulties he displayed throughout his life. Still, Schentrup is not alone in his stance against the death penalty: Michael B. Schulman, whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel, was one of three staff members killed, wrote an op-ed for the . Instead, one week earlier, she was one of 17 people gunned down at . She was 16. Then Nicholas Dworet rapidly fell over in front of me. Every day of trying to hold yourself together.". Others have testified for only a few minutes, with Mr. Satz asking minimal questions. But one of his family members had been murdered. Was frozen in fear after being trapped in the third floor hallway. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. 2. Hers is one of 17 shrines to the victims of the Parkland shooting. After his death his family set up a GoFundMe page to act as a scholarship fund in his memory Meadow Pollack, 18 Helena Ramsay, 17 Alex Schachter, 14 Carmen Schentrup, 16 And she was an enthusiastic fan of comic books, cartoons and British television. On Friday, jurors and family members of victims heard from Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Iouri Boiko, who performed autopsies on a number of MSD students the day after the massacre, which killed 17 students and staff. Half of my class ran to the safe spot which was out of view from the window in the classroom door. Philip, a tech executive, remembers coming home one day when Carmen was about three to find her holding a book. Before they moved west, April, who was then an elementary school principal, was given a newly created leadership job: director of school safety and security for the entire Broward County district. A portrait of Carmen, given to the family by a Parkland artist, hangs in the Schentrups' living room, not far from the metal urn that holds her ashes. Cruz fired 139 rounds of 5.56-and-.223-caliber bullets during the rampage. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. Melissa Block/NPR He shot her on top of her head, he shot her in the heart, he shot her in the spine. The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick's Day festival the month after her death. Placing his arm across my body and my head underneath his back. '", Carmen Schentrup at age six. His body, along with Gina's, can be seen in the hallway during the video of the students being evacuated from room 1213. Carmen Schentrup was a high school senior, one week shy of her 17th birthday, when she was shot and killed in her AP psychology classroom. This is basically a pressure wave which can cause damage to nearby tissue, organs and nerves even if those tissues/organs weren't directly in the bullet's trajectory. ", WATCH: In A Post-Parkland America, Teens Talk About Gun Culture, After Daughter's 'Unimaginable' Death, Parkland Family Moved To Action. Anthony Borges, who was 15 at the time of the massacre, testified about being shot five times while he was in the hallway. Family members of the victims held hands and wiped away tears as the verdict was read. But not all.. On Valentine's Day 2018, my world forever changed. We can fix it. She took on pre-calculus in a six-week summer session. Healing, for me, is not something that will happen based upon a verdict at the end of the trial, he said. The wounded students have also detailed a litany of injuries inflicted by the AR-15 bullets shattered kneecaps, pierced lungs and close-call grazes to the head. They have reviewed disturbing photographs of children dead in classrooms. "I guess it was just too much change for me," she says, recalling her first panic attack: "I just started crying out of nowhere, and so I went to the bathroom to wipe off my tears, you know, fix my makeup, like a teenager would do. ", "Carmen never got that," he adds quietly. Carmen was in the top of her class, her brother said, and was accepted to the University of Floridas honors program and was also accepted to the University of Washington. I wanted to show that we think different things. But they feel they can't stay silent any longer. I feel like if I don't mention her it's just wrong, though. And he believes its morally wrong for the state to take the life of an individual because that individual took the life or lives of others, he said, quoting a phrase often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind., Here's why the Parkland shooter is facing a jury even though he has already pleaded guilty. And if we can do some little thing that prevents people from going through that, I think we'll consider this worth the time and effort. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. Photos seen by the jurors, and later reviewed by reporters, revealed the damage was massive: small entrance wounds, with massive, gaping exits wounds. Carmen, 16, a senior, was in her AP Psychology class in room 1213, near a podium, when she was shot three times and died of her wounds, according to Chief Assistant State Attorney Mike Satz. . Reporters have viewed the graphic evidence at the end of each days hearing in court. Alyse Young for NPR And were not all in opposition. Wondering if you can possibly find it or more unleaked videos. Alyse Young for NPR When they were younger, Schentrup and his sister were almost best friends, he said, thanks in part to how close they were in age. The Parkland trial is expected to continue into the fall, and victims families will soon have a chance to address the jury. Broward pastor sells church out from under parish to fuel drug habit, authorities say, They were pulled over for tinted windows in Florida. Martin Duque Anguiano, 14, appeared to try to shield himself, based on defensive wounds to the hands, Boiko said. Carmen was one of the school's 10 National Merit Scholar semifinalists ", Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. But if that is true, I dont think its been publicly avalible at least. She was one of 10 Douglas students to. Her senior year in high school, she signed up for six Advanced Placement classes, even though her father suggested she lighten her load and have more fun. "I see this as trying to make the world a better place for my kids who are still here," Philip says. As I sat down I remember telling myself, if I were to get shot anywhere I wouldn't make it, I needed to get behind something. Alyse Young for NPR She was involved in her church youth group and different . He and his parents prefer to remember Carmen, who was hitting her stride as a young woman and wanted to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ", Evelyn and April sit below a portrait of Carmen. "It's very high energy," Boiko said of the. They talk about their views with family members who are gun owners and NRA members, and admit that those conversations can be painful. Alyse Young for NPR In fact, what it will do is to continue the trauma and not allow the victims to heal and get closure, Schulman wrote. The witness said specifically: "the woman on 911 asked me to standup and see if I saw anymore and I said there was a boy hanging over his desk with blood dripping out of his head and he was like hyperventilating and trying to catch his breath and then all of a sudden he stopped and went limp." In conversations with friends and acquaintances, he felt many were simply deferring to what the victims families wanted, he said. As they grew older and their interests diverged, television remained something they bonded over; Schentrup recalled binge-watching the entirety of Criminal Minds with Carmen and their younger sister. ", Her mother remembers, "She called me just saying, 'I can't breathe. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. It still boggles my mind how Carmen Schentrup was killed with a gut shot, but the other heavily wounded girl in that video (Maddy Wilford) had arguably more serious wounds. You do feel like that. Carmen Schentrup's parents find sleep elusive. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. Police arrested 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz for killing 17 people at the high school. This is our second amendment right. Unlike his parents, he opposes the death penalty for the gunman. Was shot in the 3rd floor hallway but managed to make it a few steps into the 3rd floor stairwell before dying. We have to want to. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. He like had his head fallen over he, okay, so here he he he was in his chair and he was slumped over like this." Teen mental health crisis: 'TikTok has completely changed the game',Student who learned to self-harm online worries about others falling down a dark hole. I followed every movement of his body. Dr. Iouri Boiko, an associate Broward County medical examiner, said the high-velocity bullets from the AR-15-style rifle caused extensive damage, blowing off body parts and killing victims when their fragments reached internal organs. "You can say it's the man sure," Philip says. What happened to his brother Zachary Cruz? Wilford declined. They think Mr. Cruz, 23, should be sentenced to death. Alex Schachter (Room 1216): Shot in once in the chest and in once in the head. There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. For Philip Schentrup, whose daughter Carmen was among the students killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., each day brings the same, sharp pain. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. While son Robert remained in Florida to attend college, the rest of the family moved to Washington state. The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump's legal team that the lawsuit appeared to verge on frivolous. Youre able to confront your person in court, and thats what this is about, she said. "When we listen to each other, politics doesn't have to be a bad thing," said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. The Schentrups have never considered themselves activists; this will be the first time they've taken part in a protest. And so, we're gonna keep advocating for the reasonable middle ground that most Americans can agree on to go get things done. "And I walk up to her and say, 'Hey, would you like daddy to help you read the book?' To reinforce the impact of the bullets, a Broward crime-scene technician also showed jurors a laptop computer and a cell phone both damaged by bullets found on the floor of the school. Robert Schentrup holds flowers and a candle during a candlelight vigil at Memory Mall on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando, Florida, on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Her father Philip's voice shakes with anger and grief as he speaks of the aftermath. We need to be focusing on the systems that failed us, instead of what I believe is the symptom of that failure.. My parents beliefs and the beliefs of the other parents are different than my belief on the death penalty. I wasnt in the safe spot. People were taking this information and giving it to the people who were supposed to do something with it. Philip offers this: "We hope there's something that we can share, you can share, that helps to advance our conversation as a country, a community of people, to make things better. She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. "I think part of me just broke," April says, weeping as she recalls that moment. "But in the end, if we allow him to have the gun that can fire indiscriminately large amounts of bullets, that's on us. Philip and April Schentrup, the parents of 16-year-old Carmen Schentrup, allege that the FBI received sufficient warnings about the confessed shooter, including one that was reportedly. Mr. Schentrup said he would find the trial traumatizing. Politicians on both sides of the aisle expressed their condolences to the families and victims of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Tuesday on the tragedy's fifth anniversary. I feel like I understand what happened that day, and I dont need to relive it.. A subreddit centered on the phenomenon of mass murder and the perpetrators who commit them, their motivations, crimes and the psychology of these individuals. The Schentrups learned about warnings made to the FBI's tip line weeks and months before, alerting the agency to specific threats the shooter had made; the FBI has admitted those tips fell through the cracks. Alyse Young for NPR Was shot 3 times initially when Cruz first shot into the room and then was shoot approximately 7 more times when he came back the second time. Peter Wang Allen Breed / AP Peter Wang was. Carmens murderer deserves the death penalty.. Benjamin Wikander: Shot in the right upper arm, Justin Colton: Shot in the lower back and arm, Andrea Kowalski-Rospierski: Teacher, grazed on the cheek by a bullet, Samantha Mayor: Shot once in the left knee/leg. He let in multiple students but to lock the doors he had to do it from the outside and was subsequently killed while trying to do this. Three years ago, when defense attorneys said the gunman would plead guilty for a life sentence without parole, Michael B. Schulman whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel was one of three staff members killed wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel calling for prosecutors to accept the plea. "It's a hard story to tell," April adds. hide caption. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. At the Parkland Trial, Families Must Endure Grisly Evidence on Repeat, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/us/parkland-school-shooting-trial.html. Robert, 18, a college freshman, highlights his sister's competitive streak. So I don't know. BBC News A gunman who killed 17 people at his former high school has gone on trial in Florida, with jurors set to decide whether he faces the death penalty or life in prison. ", The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and driven student, Carmen had dreams of becoming a medical researcher and finding a cure for the neurodegenerative disease ALS. Being told, when the medical examiner gives the body back to the funeral home, 'You can't see her. Cruz walked up and shot Meadow 5 times in the back with the bullets passing through her into Cara which killed her. Up until now, the Schentrups haven't spoken to the media about the shooting. Carmen Schentrup, 16 A straight-A student and National Merit Scholarship finalist, she planned to become a doctor who researched amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig's Disease. With Carmen's death, I was initiated into a club no one ever wants to joinparents who have had their child taken from them by gun violence. "It isn't an either/or. With more urgency than ever before, the Schentrups support gun control measures such as banning the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. ", "It's unimaginable, but I think we need to imagine it," April says. Hell also lose his Lamborghini, Motorcyclist launched from bike when his girlfriend hits him with truck, Florida cops say, A man went in for kidney removal. Aaron Feiss body was also partially in a entrance to the building so his body may have also been seen as being on the sidewalk maybe. Cara Loughran (Alcove of Room 1249): Shot 5 times (locations unknown). Hixon's death impacted the entire community, as he was a mentor to many of his peers and students and a coach across several schools in Broward County, his wife said. While he believed that Mr. Cruz deserved death, Mr. Schulman wrote, pursuing that sentence would involve reliving the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting over and over again. Stacey Lynn Lippel: A language arts teacher, grazed on the arm by a bullet, Samantha Grady: Minorly injured by shrapnel, was sitting next to Helena Ramsey, who died. So we have a part in it. The first hint she got that something was wrong was when she received a baffling text message from daughter Evelyn. It makes sense that most of the wounded were shot in the arms or legs. Some families, including the Schentrups, have chosen not to watch the trial at all. "People constantly say to me, 'I can't imagine what you're going through,'" he says. Carmen was one of 17 students and staff killed in that Valentine's Day shooting, and over the past year, the Schentrups have formed a tight bond with the other Parkland victims' families. We wanted to speak up.". But Schentrup also pointed to cases in which innocent people were executed for crimes they didnt commit and use of the death penalty against people with intellectual disabilities. Robert Schentrup Mar 05, 2018 University of Central Florida Julie Halpert February 14: Valentine's Day. It felt like all those 11 bullets were hitting my own body, she said. If shed survived, she would have been paralyzed.. She wanted to get into the best colleges she could.". ", "So you put on this facade that you're OK, you're strong, you're going to get through this, you're a fighter," she says. Another girl, shot four times, was missing much of her arm. We can change it. PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 18: People visit a makeshift memorial in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on February 14, on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. It was only in the last year and a half or so, he said, with the trial approaching that he thought about it more and his opinion was clarified, thanks in part to Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. ", April Schentrup can imagine what that feels like. And I say 'Yup, that's Parkland, Fla." ', "But I wonder," she says, her voice catching, "do they know the people that died? And the fact that its super awkward and people dont know how to talk about it I also still dont know how to talk about it just makes it that much more difficult and makes the conversation that much harder.. Its very high energy, Boiko said of the bullets. . Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. Joaquin Oliver (Alcove of 3rd floor men's bathroom): Was initially shot in the knee and hand and crawled over to the bathroom to try and hide. The jury must be unanimous to recommend death. Carmen was born in Hollywood, FL at the same hospital her dad had been born many years before. Parkland families talk of 'unspeakable loss' as they continue victim impact testimony in gunman's death penalty trial, My wife and I love our son, Philip Schentrup, Carmen and Roberts father, wrote in an email, and are proud of the thoughtful, intelligent and engaged young man he has become. They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. Robert Schentrup of Brady United, a national gun-reform group, lost his 16-year-old sister, Carmen, in the Parkland shooting. 25 Feb 2023 22:05:43 "I think I even tried 'I have one in college, and one here with me, and my other one is in heaven,' " she continues, through tears. And the way she died and the unusually public nature of it was strange and confusing. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. April Schentrup is a survivor fellow with the . hide caption. David Ovalle covers crime and courts in Miami. Meadow Pollack (Alcove of Room 1249): Shot initially 4 times when trying to cross the third floor hallway. On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. 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