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Broward Sheriff Faces Criticism over Failure to Probe Warnings About Gunman

HeadlineFeb 26, 2018

The Florida House speaker and 73 Republican colleagues have called on Gov. Rick Scott to suspend Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel for not doing more to prevent the shooting. Records showed Broward County deputies received at least 18 calls about the gunman Nikolas Cruz over the past decade, including one warning that he “planned to shoot up the school.”

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