The urn is blue: Carmen's favorite color. ", Her voice breaks as she continues: "I heard what they were saying, but I didn't want to hear what they were saying.". She saw your daughter get shot. Up until now, the Schentrups haven't spoken to the media about the shooting. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. While son Robert remained in Florida to attend college, the rest of the family moved to Washington state. He stuck the barrel of his semi-automatic, assault-style rifle through and fired, bullets flying everywhere. That is the campus security firm hired by the district to assess safety at Broward schools. ", "Carmen never got that," he adds quietly. A makeshift shrine for Carmen Schentrup stands outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But there is more to it than that. "Parkland happened because of a series of cascading, systemic failures, which . Unfortunately, we never got the chance to do that.. Carmen Schentrup was a 16-year-old student who attended Stoneman Douglas high school. And maybe, maybe you'll be able to see her then. "I think part of me just broke," April says, weeping as she recalls that moment. Crawled a few feet over to another student (Cara Loughran) who had already been shot, in a bid to protect/shield her. They'll be joined by many other Parkland families, as well as clergy and members of their Episcopal church, St. Mary Magdalene of Coral Springs, Fla., where Carmen was a youth group leader. Im pretty sure he saw Cruz and then turned to run and was shot in the back of the head while he was turning. 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. Victim of school shooting in Parkland, Florida She has been cremated and ashes will be given to her family here is the obituary Carmen Schentrup passed away on February 14 . We have to spend days working on her body. Membership Signup; Member Login, etc. It was around dismissal time on a routine school day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the horror began.. A 19-year-old gunman walked onto the campus of the school in Parkland, Florida, armed with what police say was a military-style semi-automatic rifle and countless magazines, and killed at least 17 people. We dont have control over whats going on in the courtroom with the jury, she said. Carmen Schentrup died February 14, 2018 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. 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. Jurors heard the difficult testimony and viewed graphic autopsy photos to conclude the first week of trial as prosecutors sought to illustrate the cruelty of Cruzs targeted rampage through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14, 2018. In the aftermath of his sisters killing, he said, he didnt know what to think about the death penalty. And hopefully that doing something creates a change for the positive. I had to look deep into my values and say, is this something that connects with it? hide caption. "She always wanted to be the one who came out on top when it came to academics," he says, "because I kind of had her beat in sports! In fact, what it will do is to continue the trauma and not allow the victims to heal and get closure, Schulman wrote. "I think it was just hard for them being around so many reminders of her," she says. He signaled his intent for years," Philip says, referring to the shooter. Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in the gunmans trial this week, almost a year after he pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, to decide whether to recommend he be sentenced to death. Alania Petty (Room 1216): Shot somewhere in the upper torso or possibly the neck. It felt like all those 11 bullets were hitting my own body, she said. And she's like, 'No, I got it. 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 almost a compulsion," Philip says, of his and April's activism. '", "On the other hand," April adds, "we had another family member right when this incident happened tell me, 'We have this type of gun in our home, and we no longer want it.'". Carmen devoured books so many that her older brother Robert bought her an e-reader to lighten her load. Half of my class ran to the safe spot which was out of view from the window in the classroom door. My Account; Password Reset . hide caption. Was frozen in fear after being trapped in the third floor hallway. They'll be adding their voices to a chorus of demands that political leaders act to reform gun laws. appreciated. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. They have become vocal advocates for gun violence prevention measures they hope will prevent another tragedy like theirs. The family hopes that by their speaking out, others can better understand that suffering: its causes and consequences. If the projectile hit the kidney or the arteries connected to it, that would also be quickly fatal. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). Couresy of the Schentrup family Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. Robert Schentrup, whose 16-year-old sister Carmen was killed in the shooting, opposes the death penalty altogether. In the animated video that shows the shooting's events, there's someone who survived the shooting on the 3rd floor, but just lays there, I guess playing dead? Witnesses heard him crying and praying and asking for his mom. Carmen Schentrup via Broward County Schools Last September, Carmen was named one of 53 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists in the county. Carmen pushed herself to do her best in school, piano, and learning new things, such as German. Healing, for me, is not something that will happen based upon a verdict at the end of the trial, he said. Died on the golf cart en route to the triage center set up outside the school. As I sat down I remember telling myself, if I were to get shot anywhere I wouldn't make it, I needed to get behind something. hide caption. Everybody should consider what it would mean to lose their child, their spouse. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. ALOT. Trump's lawsuit against the AG had sought to shield Trump's revocable trust from James, who has an ongoing $250 million civil suit that alleges . (In a grim irony, Alaina who wanted to join the military and had joined the schools Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program herself liked shooting the same weapon.). She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. Discovery Company. At times, she says, staying in Parkland felt "suffocating." When he fell over I fell over with him. A third wound blew off part of her shoulder blade. They have sat in a downtown Fort Lauderdale courtroom nearly every day since the state began presenting its case last week, shaking their heads, dabbing their eyes and holding on to one another during the most difficult moments. 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. The Parkland trial is expected to continue into the fall, and victims families will soon have a chance to address the jury. And I wanted to show that, no, this is for some of them. 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. Iouri Boiko, a Broward County medical examiner, performed autopsies for Martin Duque, Alaina Petty, Carmen Schentrup and Meadow Pollack the day after the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". Alyse Young for NPR He shot her on top of her head, he shot her in the heart, he shot her in the spine. And I say 'Yup, that's Parkland, Fla." ', "But I wonder," she says, her voice catching, "do they know the people that died? Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. Cruz used a Smith & Wesson AR-15, a powerful semi-automatic rifle that has become the preferred weapon of recent mass shooters, including the teen who killed 21 at a school in Uvalde, Texas, and the gunman who fatally shot 10 in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. The Schentrups learned about warnings made to the FBI's tip line weeks and months before, alerting the agency to specific threats the shooter had made; the FBI has admitted those tips fell through the cracks. In the years since, Schentrup has moved to Seattle, Washington, and, like many other victims relatives, has poured himself into addressing gun violence: Today he works on the organizing team for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and helps manage its youth program called Team ENOUGH. "People constantly say to me, 'I can't imagine what you're going through,'" he says. "It was hard in the beginning, and it's still hard," she says, her voice trembling, "because we miss [Carmen]. The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick's Day festival the month after her death. Philip talks with Evelyn before leaving for work. It was only in the last year and a half or so, he said, with the trial approaching that he thought about it more and his opinion was clarified, thanks in part to Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Carmen Schentrup, 16, suffered five wounds, including a lethal shot to the brain. The defense has the right to not have a jury that is overwhelmed, said Robert M. Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Fla. Several witnesses have cried on the stand. '", "Think about that," Philip urges. On Thursday, jurors also heard about Cruzs nonchalance after he escaped from the school. When they were younger, Schentrup and his sister were almost best friends, he said, thanks in part to how close they were in age. 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. But she quickly grew disillusioned. 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. Others have testified for only a few minutes, with Mr. Satz asking minimal questions. She was 16. Asked for comment, Broward County schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew replied that April Schentrup's appointment "was intended to be short-term to provide a resource to focus on safety and security issues while waiting for staffing recommendations from Safe Havens." "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. They moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based here. But one of his family members had been murdered. "But schools aren't taking it seriously. 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. Mariah Carey Is Making a Secret Appearance in Broadway's Some Like It Hot Musical Watch,Mariah Carey isn't just producing the new musical Some Like It Hot, she's also got a small part in it! In memory of Carmen SchentrupCarmen Schentrup My name is April Schentrup. Also it could be that whoever originally stated he was shot in the back of the head (report came from one of the officers who evacuated Coach Hixon) saw the back of the head wound and mistook it for an entry wound when it couldve been an exit wound actually. April always wears bracelets in honor of Carmen and the 16 other victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The damage is very significant.. Carmen Schentrup, 16 A straight-A student and National Merit Scholarship finalist, she planned to become a doctor who researched amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly called Lou Gehrig's Disease. At one hospital, April was told by law enforcement officials, "We want to be honest with you, this was a mass shooting and there were multiple fatalities. I believe there is a typo in Gina's blurb. Full metal jacket rounds don't expand much if at all on entry, whereas hollow point bullets are meant to expand on entry. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' Her father Philip's voice shakes with anger and grief as he speaks of the aftermath. Carmen Schentrup had a laser focus on her future a straight-A student and National Merit . Robert, 18, a college freshman, highlights his sister's competitive streak. Parkland happened because of a series of cascading, systemic failures, which allowed someone to get to the point where they would commit a school shooting and buy a military-style rifle, Mr. Schentrup said in an interview. I followed every movement of his body. I also want to make sure that Carmen's not forgotten. The Schentrups now focus on their activism. And if we can do some little thing that prevents people from going through that, I think we'll consider this worth the time and effort. A small number of people connected to the tragedy have publicly opposed capital punishment, in part because the very process of securing a death penalty verdict and waiting out the inevitable years of appeals would be so difficult. The memoir retraces the early days of the non-profit organization, with a focus on Stevensons work representing a man sentenced to die for a crime of which he was innocent. The first hint she got that something was wrong was when she received a baffling text message from daughter Evelyn. But as painful as the loss of his sister is, Schentrup does not believe sentencing the killer to death is the solution. Anybody have links to the videos OP references? Alyse Young for NPR Carmen was one of the school's 10 National Merit Scholar semifinalists Two years ago, my daughter Carmen was gunned down in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. They. Alyse Young for NPR Also shot (possibly execution style) by a close range/near-contact gunshot wound of the chest. Where was Bourges when he was shot? Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg (s). 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. Do they know their names? For Nicholas Dworet, we definitely now know he was with the group that went to the more exposed corner. Unlike his parents, he opposes the death penalty for the gunman. And then I couldn't stop crying. There are a ton of witness reports about it. He unzipped his jacket during his testimony to show jurors scars from the bullet wounds and from 14 subsequent operations. She wanted to get into the best colleges she could.". She was known as a fountain of talent: A violin, guitar and piano player. Alyse Young for NPR The trying to grab the gun thing is from Why Meadow Died and isnt confirmed so thats why I said he possibly may have done that. It took more than four years for the sounds of shots fired at Marjory Stoneman Dougla 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. Meadow Pollack (Alcove of Room 1249): Shot initially 4 times when trying to cross the third floor hallway. This is the part where people try to convince me that vengeance should make me feel better and that it will bring me closure so that I can continue to heal., But I do not f**king care, Schentrup wrote, because my sister is dead, and killing someone else will not bring her back.. The program for a concert in memory of Robert Schentrup's sister Carmen Schentrup. A subreddit centered on the phenomenon of mass murder and the perpetrators who commit them, their motivations, crimes and the psychology of these individuals. We want to see them grow up to be happy and healthy. Cruz walked up and shot Meadow 5 times in the back with the bullets passing through her into Cara which killed her. This includes mass shooters, bombers, terrorists, and family annihilators. Was shot 3 times initially when Cruz first shot into the room and then was shoot approximately 7 more times when he came back the second time. ", Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. 'It's unimaginable, but we need to imagine it'. The Schentrups have little patience for the argument that it's the shooter that's the problem, not the weapon. "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. Her friend describes her body as leaning against the wall/sliding down the wall after being hit. Schentrup was dreading the court proceedings, he wrote in a statement, (b)ecause this is the part where people will tell me that retribution will bring justice and healing to me and my family., This is the part where pundits on TV will invoke the name of my sister to support the murder of another human being, he said. A couple minutes, Boiko said. A few questions, if you know the answers. The 12-person jury has also seen numerous surveillance video clips, chronicling Cruzs methodical attack, firing into classrooms through windows on the doors, sprinting to the third floor and gunning down terrified students gathered in the hallway. Schentrup was 200 miles away at college when he heard a shooting was occurring at the high school he had graduated from the year before, where his two younger sisters Carmen, a senior, and . That day, the shooter shouldve been stopped, Mr. Schentrups mother, April Schentrup, said. It's definitely not easy. On Valentine's Day 2018, my world forever changed. Carmen Schentrup's parents find sleep elusive. Going for the death penalty will not bring our loved ones back to us. 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. Mr. Schentrup said he would find the trial traumatizing. The 16-year-old was a 2017 National Merit Scholar semifinalist. PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 18: People visit a makeshift memorial in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on February 14, on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Since 1977 when executions were reintroduced, nearly 300 Black defendants have been executed for the murder of a White victim, while just 21 White defendants have been executed for the murder of a Black victim, according to a 2020 report by the Death Penalty Information Center. If the police did what they were supposed to do, we wouldnt be here.. Robert Schentrup, 23, lost his younger sister Carmen in the Parkland shooting. Still, Mr. Schentrups position which he described as shaped by his religious upbringing and by survivors of the Charleston, S.C., church shooting in 2015, who preached forgiveness is so unusual among the Parkland victims families who have spoken about the trial that his parents have publicly disagreed with him. 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. How the high-powered bullets ravaged childrens bodies. BBC News A gunman who killed 17 people at his former high school has gone on trial in Florida, with jurors set to decide whether he faces the death penalty or life in prison. I don't really know what they mean yet.". 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. from Reuters: Those abilities will come but they're still not with . "She learned how to read well before kindergarten," recalls April. Aaron Feis (first floor stairwell, west end): Shot in the back of the head. Carmen was a beautiful, caring, talented, smart, and witty 16 year old. But I wasn't really able to do what I thought I should be doing, in a job that deals with something important like campus safety and security.". "She'd ask a million questions," her father says. Get all Latest News about cara dune, Breaking headlines and Top stories, photos & video in real time It sounded promising, like a way to make real change. Dr. Iouri Boiko, an associate Broward County medical examiner, said the high-velocity bullets from the AR-15-style rifle caused extensive damage, blowing off body parts and killing victims when their fragments reached internal organs. In various places. No one could tell them anything. Hers is one of 17 shrines to the victims of the Parkland shooting. "I think I even tried 'I have one in college, and one here with me, and my other one is in heaven,' " she continues, through tears. I once saw Victoria, Joaquins girlfriend, tweet something how an msd memorial page posted a video on Instagram of Joaquins body while the students were being evacuated by police. She was one of 10 Douglas students to. "Since February 14, this is every day. One fatal shot pierced her chest, then her heart, lungs and ribs. And when a hail of rifle bullets cut her down in her classroom, the high-velocity bullets caused extensive damage to her body, an associate medical examiner testified on Friday, underscoring the devastating carnage wrought by the AR-15 fired by shooter Nikolas Cruz. It layers on a whole bunch of other things to it, he said, just having kind of everyone know about it, and maybe not know I was related to it., Schentrup struggles, he said, with the preconceived notions that people have about the shooting. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could." Theyll make the decision that they make. A native of San Diego, he graduated from the University of Southern California and joined the Herald in 2002 as a sports reporter. To reinforce the impact of the bullets, a Broward crime-scene technician also showed jurors a laptop computer and a cell phone both damaged by bullets found on the floor of the school. Anyone can read what you share. "It's very high energy," Boiko said of the. Many of the Parkland victims families have endorsed the prosecutors pursuit of the death penalty, even knowing that the trial would be excruciating. The same search for answers that don't come. Photos seen by the jurors, and later reviewed by reporters, revealed the damage was massive: small entrance wounds, with massive, gaping exits wounds. 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. Perhaps nothing highlights the spectrum of feelings on the shooters fate more than the disagreement between Schentrup and his parents. For example, there was the implicit pressure to be "Parkland Strong. Then Nicholas Dworet rapidly fell over in front of me. from CNN: Some people are just sad he's not with us anymore. After his death his family set up a GoFundMe page to act as a scholarship fund in his memory Meadow Pollack, 18 Helena Ramsay, 17 Alex Schachter, 14 Carmen Schentrup, 16 She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. [2] [3] [4] Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the . 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. . Before I leave, I ask the Schentrups the same question I asked them last year, just a few weeks after the shooting, when I visited them in Parkland at their invitation: Why talk to me? After that, the bullet was fragmented into multiple fragments that perforated the lungs, liver, kidney and exits on the left lateral side of the torso, Boiko testified. The blue urn holding Carmen's ashes rests with photos and drawings in a glass cabinet in the family's living room. Stacey Lynn Lippel: A language arts teacher, grazed on the arm by a bullet, Samantha Grady: Minorly injured by shrapnel, was sitting next to Helena Ramsey, who died. ", Her mother remembers, "She called me just saying, 'I can't breathe. 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. jim martin death couples massage class san diego beaver falls football what happened to jaime guttenberg. Candles glow at a memorial site to honor 17 people who were killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 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