Families tell court of lives lost at 2018 Parkland school attack

Meghan Petty holds a photograph of her sister, Alaina Petty (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP/PA)

Family members from three of Florida school gunman Nikolas Cruz’s 17 victims gave statements on Monday about how their 2018 deaths at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have affected their lives.

The sister of student Joaquin Oliver and the families of student Alaina Petty and teacher Scott Beigel spoke to the court. Cruz sat at the defence table, occasionally glancing at the video screen in front of him.