Nikolas Cruz

I find it impossible to write about Nikolas Cruz with anything resembling admiration. He is remembered solely as the perpetrator of the 2018 Parkland shooting, one of the deadliest school attacks in American history, which killed seventeen people and wounded many more. My take here is simply that his name should serve as a sober reminder of preventable tragedy, not as a subject of fascination. My genuine interest lies with the victims, the survivors, and the families whose lives were shattered. If anything endures from this entry, I hope it is reflection and resolve, not notoriety.

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Name (English)

Nikolas Cruz

Name (Japanese)

ニコラス・クルーズ

Reading

にこらす・くるーず

Born

September 24, 1998 (age 27)

Origin

Margate, Florida, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

student / mass murderer / schoolchild

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

High school

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cruz_nikolas/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas%20Cruz
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48886558

Tags

• Florida
• student
• mass murderer
• schoolchild

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.