Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz filmed attacking sheriff deputy inside jail
Video has emerged of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz attacking a deputy inside Broward County’s main jail.
The attack took place on Nov 13, 2018, and depicts Cruz pacing around a common area before getting into an argument with a guard and attacking him.
WSVN 7 News reporting from Ft. Lauderdale obtained the video from the jail.
According to documents obtained from the jail, Mr Cruz and the deputy, Sgt. Raymond Beltran, began fighting after Mr Beltran “asked Cruz to stop dragging his sandals on the ground while walking around.”
In the video, Mr Cruze can be seen giving the middle finger to the guard before rushing him and attacking him. The two men wrestle, crashing into a table before hitting the ground. The struggle continues on the cement floor as Mr Cruz deals repeated blows to Mr Beltran’s back before grabbing the deputy’s TASER.
Though the TASER does deploy, no one is impacted by the current and eventually Mr Beltran retrieves the device and the two men get back on their feet, squaring off to fight once again. Mr Beltran punches Mr Cruz, who disengages. With his TASER reloaded, Mr Beltran approaches Mr Cruz, who then willingly gets onto the floor and submits to being restrained.
The fight lasts for nearly a minute.
Mr Beltran is no longer guarding Cruz. He was arrested last march for driving under the influence in Washington State while on duty for the Broward’s Sheriffs' Office.
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