Schentrups personal stance puts him at odds with many of the victims families, including his own parents, who told CNN in a statement the death penalty is the right punishment for their daughters murderer. We have to want to. 6:39 PM EDT, Mon October 10, 2022. Thats not what a Florida doctor took out, state says, Ghislaine Maxwell appeals verdict and 20-year sex-trafficking sentence, DeSantis criticism of Orlando prosecutor overlooks key facts about shooting suspect, Police report: Arrested Opa-locka cop beat wife, kids for years. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could." FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - The parents of Carmen Schentrup walked into the Broward School Board building Tuesday with heavy hearts and specific complaints about the way the school district. 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. 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. Peter Wang Allen Breed / AP Peter Wang was. Her friend describes her body as leaning against the wall/sliding down the wall after being hit. Alyse Young for NPR Carmen Schentrup, 16. "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. But she was like a lot of other teens, too, with a close-knit group of friends she would always hang out with, Schentrup remembered. ", The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. Carmens murderer deserves the death penalty.. April, who worked as an elementary school principal near Parkland, Fla., now advocates for gun reform. 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. Such is the nature of capital punishment: Pursuing a death sentence, even against a defendant whose guilt has never been in doubt, requires putting a community that has already survived an unthinkable tragedy through more agony. There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. 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. Martin Duque (1st floor hallway, east end): Multiple gunshot wounds, was initially alive by the time police arrived but died en route to receiving medical care. "It'll never be Valentine's Day for us," April adds. Carmen was in her AP Psychology class, just minutes from finishing the school day and returning home to our family. We wanted to speak up.". Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. I feel like I understand what happened that day, and I dont need to relive it.. Hes the mayors brother, Florida Keys firefighter arrested after deputies say she beat her wife outside a bar, Human smuggling, a truck and a school bus: A Broward child rapist goes back behind bars. Alyse Young for NPR Ultimately, the Schentrups learned what happened in Carmen's classroom that day. That's why we're doing what we're doing. Was apparently conscious and able to acknowledge the officers but wasn't able to respond to their questions due to his injuries (was described as very out of it/delirious). I don't really know what they mean yet.". Robert Schentrup at his Seattle apartment on September 15, 2022. Photos of the Schentrup family and their daughter Carmen fill the living room of the family's new home. Todd. The bathroom doors were locked due to students vaping so he couldn't get in. At the Parkland Trial, Families Must Endure Grisly Evidence on Repeat, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/us/parkland-school-shooting-trial.html. If they do, the judge can decide to follow the jurys recommendation or sentence the gunman to life in prison. "And then come tell me why we can't do things to keep our kids safe. Hers is one of 17 shrines to the victims of the Parkland shooting. Was subsequently shot in the back an additional 5 times (killing both girls). ", Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. hide caption, Evelyn and April sit below a portrait of Carmen. Going for the death penalty will not bring our loved ones back to us. Jurors saw surveillance video of him buying a cherry-and-blue raspberry Icee at the Subway inside a nearby Walmart, sitting down in a booth in a McDonalds occupied by MSD student John Wilford, who didnt know Cruz. Alyse Young for NPR Carmen was a week away from her 17th birthday when Cruz fired his semiautomatic rifle into her AP psychology class. 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. "I went close to get a better gauge and she wasn't moving and she was just laying there," she said. Philip talks with Evelyn before leaving for work. This same witness later stated that they didn't exactly see where he was shot but that he had a bullet hole in his ribcage. Its hard for me to be of an opinion that my parents dont agree with and actively dislike, Robert Schentrup said. It will not make the physical scars of those wounded go away. With the conclusion of his death penalty trial looming, families of the Parkland school shooters victims will soon learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death, an outcome many have indicated they prefer. Carmen Marie Schentrup. There are a ton of witness reports about it. Helena Ramsay, 17; Alexander Schachter, 14; Carmen Schentrup, 16; . 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 . A witness said he was shot "10 times" in the right leg. But it feels necessary. Carmen played guitar, violin and piano. 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. Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. Robert Schentrup of Brady United, a national gun-reform group, lost his 16-year-old sister, Carmen, in the Parkland shooting. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Robert Schentrup Mar 05, 2018 University of Central Florida Julie Halpert February 14: Valentine's Day. Nah I have never even heard of that vid or seen it, if it was out there it may be impossible to find. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. Rumors started spreading like wildfire that Carmen had been shot and was left in the building as other students were evacuated. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators. ", "This happened 19 years later after Columbine, five years later after Sandy Hook," April adds. Was shot in the 3rd floor hallway but managed to make it a few steps into the 3rd floor stairwell before dying. "If police did their job that day the shooter would've been killed at MSD. "It's something we feel we have to do not only for Carmen, but for Robert and Evelyn. After Carmen was killed, Philip recalls what he heard from a close relative: "'Sorry, but this is the way it is. The Schentrups also contend with this: the troubling sense that their sharp, individual loss has been swallowed up, overtaken by the post-Parkland movement. Family members and classmates held onto the little hope that perhaps she had been sent to the hospital and was in surgery, recovering, but just unidentified. 25 Feb 2023 22:05:43 She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. Alyse Young for NPR And it's sad to think that I'm thankful that one out of two of my children came home from school.". 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. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. ", April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. How can you not want to be there for that?. "I think part of me just broke," April says, weeping as she recalls that moment. Mr. Schentrup said he would find the trial traumatizing. Sharon Risher, whose mother, Ethel Lee Lance, died in the Charleston church attack, recalled sitting in court during that gunmans trial as a torturous ordeal especially when prosecutors showed her mothers autopsy report. Philip talks with Evelyn before leaving for work. Carmen Schentrup passed away on February 14, 2018. Press J to jump to the feed. Nikolas Cruz, 23,. GoFundMe; Facebook, Joan Cox. Unlike his parents, he opposes the death penalty for the gunman. Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. Another girl, shot four times, was missing much of her arm. It was just failure after failure after failure. Our beautiful daughter Carmen was murdered on Valentine's Day 2018, one week before her 17th birthday. The last line looks like it was transposed from Alex S. Youre welcome, thank you for pointing that out btw. How old are they? I wanted to show that we think different things. ", "Carmen never got that," he adds quietly. hide caption. For example, there was the implicit pressure to be "Parkland Strong. Carmen SCHENTRUP. Then Nicholas Dworet rapidly fell over in front of me. The 16-year-old was a 2017 National Merit Scholar semifinalist. The officer who transported Hixon gave a statement saying that Hixon died on the golf cart en route to the triage area but I could be wrong. hide caption. Editor's note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. One year after Carmen's death, April Schentrup stands beside a photograph of her daughter that was used during her funeral but now rests in the family's new home. Funeral Home Services for Carmen are being provided by Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Coral Springs, Florida. One girl suffered five wounds, including a fatal one to the head. Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. Some sources say he was killed before he could get up from his desk but other sources say that he was killed when him and a group of students hid in a corner that was in the direct line of sight of the door. Court deputies exit vans that transported jurors to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, to view the "1200 building," the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place. Luke Hoyer (1st floor hallway, east end): Multiple gunshot wounds (instant/near-instantly fatal). Instead, one week earlier, she was one of 17 people gunned down at . When he fell over I fell over with him. "It isn't an either/or. "The only thing more he could have done to signal his intent was to buy a billboard on [I-]95 and put a billboard up there, because he was telling people all the time that he wanted to go do bad things. When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. Was seen gasping for air (possibly indicating a lung(s) was punctured); she died after a few minutes before EMS entered the room. The same search for answers that don't come. "You search for normalcy, a 'new normal,'" he says, then pauses. ", April Schentrup can imagine what that feels like. 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. Even so, Ms. Risher said she does not regret attending the trial, which she described as some of the hardest days of her life. "It's very high energy," Boiko said of the. or 'the Parkland activists!' Schentrups opposition to the death penalty was more of an intellectual response than an emotional one, he indicated. Since they didn't do what was needed then, let the court get it right this time," Carmen Schentrup's mother, April Schentrup, wrote. Wilford declined. Follow our live coverage of the decision in the Parkland shooting trial. At least one family walked out of the courtroom during Dr. Boikos testimony. They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. Was killed after running to the scene of the shooting in an attempt to neutralize Cruz. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 196 Gina Montalto (1st floor hallway, east end): Multiple gunshot wounds to legs/torso. Unfortunately, we never got the chance to do that.. Carmen Schentrup Was More Than A Victim Of The Parkland Shooting, She Was My Sister Two of my sisters went to school that day, but only one made it back alive. We shouldnt even have to endure this trial. And other days it's a lot harder.". For a few weeks after their daughter Carmen was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, a week shy of her 17th birthday, April and Phil Schentrup could barely. Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder as they share memories of their daughter, who showed she was gifted from an early age. Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. So I'm sure it'll involve that. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. And maybe, maybe you'll be able to see her then. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg (s). Injuries (could only find descriptions for 14 of the 17 injured): Anthony Borges: He was shot five times. hide caption. They have reviewed disturbing photographs of children dead in classrooms. How the gunfire from a semiautomatic rifle boomed inside a classroom under attack. But hes not confident his own position will prevail in jurors minds, telling CNN he believes the sentence will be death. 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. "It felt like, here's this mom who's grieving or vocal about all these issues, and let's just give her a job and make it seem to the public like they're doing a good thing. 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. And I wanted to show that, no, this is for some of them. But she quickly grew disillusioned. And so, we're gonna keep advocating for the reasonable middle ground that most Americans can agree on to go get things done. . And hopefully that doing something creates a change for the positive. We believe under Florida law a death sentence is the appropriate outcome.. They'll be adding their voices to a chorus of demands that political leaders act to reform gun laws. "You can say it's the man sure," Philip says. The defense can counter as it has in the Parkland case that too much graphic evidence may taint the jurys verdict, though judges often give prosecutors significant latitude. 25 Feb/23. 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. One year after their older daughter, Carmen, was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the Schentrup family works to find a new normal. And there shouldn't be more parents like us. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. As far as leg wounds, they're not usually fatal but if the femoral artery is hit, it can be fatal very quickly. It's all of the above. [2] [3] [4] Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the . Robert, 18, a college freshman, highlights his sister's competitive streak. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered, previously told Newsweek the killer should pay the ultimate price with his life. And Lori Alhadeff, the mother of Alyssa Alhadeff, also 14, said it was very important to her family that the gunman is not allowed to live out his days in prison, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. They have become vocal advocates for gun violence prevention measures they hope will prevent another tragedy like theirs. Dr. Boiko described how a fatal graze wound suffered by a third girl fractured her skull and caused brain damage. For Nicholas Dworet, we definitely now know he was with the group that went to the more exposed corner. 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. What made the hard days even worse was learning about all of the things that went wrong leading up to the shooting. Nicholas Dworet (Room 1214): Was killed by a shot to the head. Some shook their heads in anger or disbelief, others sat with their eyes closed, looking crushed. She was 16. Witnesses heard him crying and praying and asking for his mom. I looked up and saw Helena Ramsay slump over with her back against the wall, I began smelling and inhaling the smoke and gun powder. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. 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. Would this have been Hixon? The Buffalo gunman left a manifesto saying he specifically chose the AR-15 because of its high-capacity magazines and ability to kill effectively.. Just staying close. It would be 12 excruciating hours before an FBI agent finally confirmed to the Schentrups that their daughter was among the 17 dead. April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. I think it may have been Martin Duque since when they found him he was alive but he died soon after they took him out of the school. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". Though for the survivors and families of the 17 victims, it can seem like aeons. Max Schachter, whose son Alex was killed in the Parkland shooting, reacts as Dr. Rebecca MacDougall, the chief medical examiner for Broward County, Fla., describes a gunshot his son sustained. ", Green sticky notes mark pages of photos from Carmen's childhood that April selected to use during the funeral. The conversation is etched in April's mind: "She said, 'I'm speaking for my sister, 'cause she can't speak. 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. Parkland high-school student Alaina Petty was just 14 years old, and weighed just 105 pounds. Aaron Feis (first floor stairwell, west end): Shot in the back of the head. And hugging Evelyn a little bit harder. The Schentrups' activism is overlaid with the daily struggles of just getting through another day without their daughter. Her mother said He shot her 10 times. It appears he ran to the school and opened the door to the stair well just as Cruz entered the stairwell from the other door and immediately shot him in the head as soon as he saw him. The class split in half. I think it could be either one of them tbh since we dont have a definitive answer right now. 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. hide caption. As inspiration, the Schentrups give credit to the Parkland students who have created a nationwide movement around this issue. But when I said it, it didn't sound right," April says. But missing her doesn't feel like enough any more. So we have a part in it. A makeshift shrine for Carmen Schentrup stands outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. Carmen was born in Hollywood, FL at the same hospital her dad had been born many years before. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick's Day festival the month after her death. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. "We guard ourselves from it, we don't want to think about it. Carmen Schentrup had a laser focus on her future a straight-A student and National Merit . In various places. April called Philip to say "Evelyn's safe, but I can't find Carmen.". 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. This weapon will fire as quickly as you can pull the trigger, Broward prosecutor Mike Satz told jurors during his opening statement. They talk about their views with family members who are gun owners and NRA members, and admit that those conversations can be painful. When Carmen decided she wanted to learn German, she taught herself. Some families, including the Schentrups, have chosen not to watch the trial at all. 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. Victims relatives have filled several rows in the courtroom over the past two weeks, listening closely as the lead prosecutor, Michael J. Satz, called dozens of witnesses. Many of the Parkland victims families have endorsed the prosecutors pursuit of the death penalty, even knowing that the trial would be excruciating. Zero USA Founder & CEO Robert Schentrup is brother to Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 victims of the Parkland School Shooting. Carmen was a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, one of 53 in Broward County. wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. Updated But they feel they can't stay silent any longer. Soul-Less Shoes of Death; How They Do It To Us; The Holohoax; You are Being Deceived; Exposing Corona Video; Message to Agencies; CONTACT. Trials of gunmen who have killed so many people in mass shootings are extremely rare, because they have almost always died during the attack. Schentrup was looking forward to what their relationship would be like when they were older, believing they would have the same strong bonds he sees between his parents and their own siblings. It's believed she crouched/hid in the alcove of Room 1249 since the door was locked and Cruz was firing down the hallway. We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. Do we know who that is, out of the injuries? How the high-powered bullets ravaged childrens bodies. The first hint she got that something was wrong was when she received a baffling text message from daughter Evelyn. The aggravating factors include that the murders were heinous, atrocious or cruel, and that they were committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated way. People were taking this information and giving it to the people who were supposed to do something with it. . 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