Nikolas Cruz reportedly made videos around the time the suspect is accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February that killed 17 people and injured 17 others, the Sun Sentinel reported Monday.
The cellphone videos were mentioned as part of evidence the prosecution intends to use when Cruz, 19, is put on trial for the crime, the newspaper said. That summary list of evidence was posted on the Broward County Clerk of Courts website Monday after it was received by the public defender's office, making it public record, the Sun Sentinel said.
The Miami Herald reported that the list did not make clear what Cruz may have said on the videos, and they are currently not available to the public. It was not clear when the videos were made either.
The newspaper reported that other records prosecutors listed were the clothing, backpack and rifle case worn by Cruz, Cruz's recorded confession, cellphone records, crime lab reports, mental health records, school records, and internet search histories.
Cruz faces the death penalty if he is convicted, but his attorneys have repeatedly offered to have him plead guilty in exchange for life in prison.
In March, Cruz was indicted on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree, according to CNN. He is accused of using a high-powered weapon to shoot students and teachers in various classrooms at the school in one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history.
The Herald wrote that Cruz's defense team has not asked for certain evidence yet, such as body-camera footage, photographs from inside the building where the victims were shot, autopsy reports, medical records pertaining to the victims and crime scene reconstructions.
The Herald said that information could become a public record.
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