Video recorded by Parkland school shooter released

PARKLAND, Fla. —

Three videos taken from the cellphone of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz were released on Wednesday.

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The videos, released by prosecutors, show Cruz detailing his plans to attack the school and kill as many people as he could.

“Hello, my name is Nik,” one of the videos begins. “I’m going to be the next school shooter of 2018. My goal is at least 20 people with an AR-15 and a couple of tracer rounds.”

In two of the videos, you don’t see Cruz. You only hear his voice.

It’s in one of those videos where he gives a brief explanation for why he is attacking the school.

“I had enough of people telling me that I’m an idiot and a (expletive)

In the third video, he is looking right into the camera as he talks about mass murder.

“It’s going to be a big event,” he said. “When you see me on the news, you’ll all know who I am.”

He then giggles as he continues in a mocking voice.

“You’re all going to die. Can’t wait.”

It’s unclear exactly when the videos were recorded. Cruz appears to be wearing different clothes in the two videos where you see his arm.

He also has a cast on his right wrist. He was not wearing a cast when he was arrested on Feb. 14 after the shooting.

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