Parkland victim’s family suing for school shooting suspect’s records
Peter Wang’s mother, Hui, cries as she is helped into a waiting car with her family after the memorial service for her 15-year-old son in Coral Springs, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018.
(Taimy Alvarez / Sun-Sentinel)People arrive for the funeral of Alyssa Alhadeff at the Garden of Aaron at Star of David Memorial Gardens on Feb. 16, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. Alhadeff was one of 17 people killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)Sheryl Acquarola, a 16 year-old junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is overcome with emotion at the Florida House of Representatives after legislators voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles and large capacity magazines in Tallahassee, Fla., on Feb 20, 2018.
(Mark Wallheiser / AP)Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School get ready to board a bus for a trip to Tallahassee, Fla. on Feb. 20, 2018 to talk with lawmakers about the recent rampage at their school and what needs to be done to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
(Mike Stocker / Sun-Sentinel)Mourners leave the funeral of Peter Wang, 15, who was a JROTC cadet, on Feb.20, 2018 in Coral Springs, Florida. Wang was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School along with 16 other people.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)A makeshift memorial in front of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018.
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Organizers Cameron Kasky, left, and Jackie Corin, student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, address fellow students before boarding buses in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018, to rally outside the state capitol.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and some chaperones wait to board buses in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018, for a trip to the state Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Jason Wang, center, holds a picture of his brother Peter, along with his younger brother, Alex, after his brother’s funeral in Coral Springs, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018.
(Taimy Alvarez / Sun-Sentinel)Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, right, responds to a question from Florida Gov. Rick Scott, back, on gun violence during a meeting at Florida’s Capitol, Tallahassee.
(Scott Keeler / Tampa Bay Times)Tyra Heman, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds a sign on Feb. 20, 2018, that reads, “Enough No Guns” in front of the school where 17 people were killed on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)Mourners leave the funeral of Meadow Pollack, a victim of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with several counts of premeditated murder on Thursday.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)A young girl and a woman embrace as they leave a funeral service for Alyssa Alhadeff at the Star of David Funeral Chapel in North Lauderdale, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Alhadeff was one of the victims of Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
(Brynn Anderson / AP)Candles that were placed on crosses still glow after last night’s vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at Pine Trail Park, on Feb. 16, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)A woman weeps as she sits outside the Temple K’ol Tikvah before the funeral of Meadow Pollack, a victim of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)People leave an orientation for students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday in Parkland, Florida, where students will return to classes Wednesday for the first time since the Feb. 14 shooting.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)Alexandra Geisser, 16, embraces a therapy dog named, Mickey, outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as students and family members take part in an orientation Sunday before classes resume Wednesday. There were several therapy dogs on site for students to interact with.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)Maria Creed is overcome with emotion as she crouches in front of one of the memorial crosses at Pine Trails Park in Parkland on Feb. 16, 2018. White crosses memorialize the 17 people killed Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Creed’s son, Michael Creed, is a sophomore at the school.
(Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)Linda Barrio crosses herself as she prays Feb. 16, 2018, at a memorial at Pine Trails Park in Parkland for the 17 people killed Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “I don’t know how it’s [school violence] going to end,” Barrio said. “I just wish there was something we could’ve done to stop this.”
(Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)People comfort each other at a public memorial for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)Candles that were placed on crosses still glow after last nights vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at Pine Trail Park, on Feb. 16, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Two people comfort each other as they sit and mourn at one of seventeen crosses, after a candlelight vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)Marianna Guttierez, 14, center right, and other students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gather with others for a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the school shooting on Thursday in Parkland, Florida.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)Students and family members hold candles during a vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Zachary Haupert, 14, painted “RIP Luke,” on his hoodie in honor of his friend, Luke Hoyer, who was one of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)People gather for a candlelight vigil Thursday in honor of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)Mourners gather during a vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)A woman places a poster of shooting victim Meadow Pollack at one of seventeen crosses, after a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)Thousands of mourners attend a candlelight vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)People pray around one of seventeen crosses after a candlelight vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)People gather for a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Some of those who survived the rampage were demanding to know why the adults who run the country had not done more to prevent it.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)One of 17 angel sculptures is shown before a candlelight vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)People arrive for a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland Florida. On Capitol Hill, some Republican and Democratic senators struggled to say what lawmakers would do in response to the shooting.
(Matt McClain / The Washington Post)A video monitor shows school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, left, making an appearance before Judge Kim Theresa Mollica in Broward County Court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
(Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)Mourners hug after placing flowers on a makeshift memorial honoring the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)A mourner kneels in front of a makeshift memorial for the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)Mourners gather at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs for a noon vigil to honor those who where killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Feb. 15, 2018.
(Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel)Mourners hug during a prayer vigil for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs, Florida on February 15, 2018.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)A women breaks down with emotion during a prayer vigil for famlies of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a mass shooting took place, at the Parkridge Church, on February 15, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Austin Burden, 17, cries on the shoulder of a friend after a vigil at the Parkland Baptist Church, for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 15, 2018.
(Gerald Herbert / AP)Mourners pray during a prayer vigil for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs, Florida on February 15, 2018.
(Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)This video image shows shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz on February 15, 2018 at Broward County Jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The heavily armed teenager who gunned down students and adults at a Florida high school was charged Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, court documents showed.
(Miguel Guttierez / AFP/Getty Images)This photo posted on the Instagram account of Nikolas Cruz shows weapons lying on a bed. Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Feb. 15, 2018, the day after opening fire with a semi-automatic weapon in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
(Instagram)This booking photo obtained February 15, 2018 courtesy of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office shows shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz. Authorities in Florida could offer no explanation Wednesday night as to why a former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a high school earlier that day, killing at least 17 people.
(Broward County Sheriff’s Office)Law enforcement officers block off the entrance to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Feb. 15, 2018 in Parkland, Fla.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)Kristi Gilroy hugs a young woman at a police checkpoint near the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people yesterday were killed by a gunman on February 15, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Sheree Spaulding walks with her 15-year-old son, Justin Spauling, who is a 9th grader at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed by a gunman yesterday, on February 15, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Student Kelsey Friend gets help wiping away her tears after recounting her story about Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed, on February 15, 2018 in Parkland, Florida.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Law enforcement personnel arrest an unidentified man (in dark red), following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, 2018. A former student opened fire at the Florida high school Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets.
(WPLG-TV)Waiting for word from students, anxious family members gather at Coral Springs Drive and the Sawgrass Expressway, after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)Police officers tend ride in the back of a pick-up truck with a victim outside of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)Students react following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a city about 50 miles north of Miami on February 14, 2018.
(MICHELE EVE SANDBERG / AFP/Getty Images)People are brought out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)Students are released from a lockdown outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after reports of an active shooter on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun Sentinel)Medical personnel tend to a victim following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)People embrace after students were released from a lockdown following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)People gather waiting for word from students near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., following a shooting at the school on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)A law enforcement officer rushes toward Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a shooting at the school in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Joel Auerbach / AP)Students react following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Michele Eve Sandberg / AFP/Getty Images)Students released from a lockdown are overcome with emotion following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel )Students released from a lockdown walk away following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(John McCall / South Florida Sun-Sentinel)Students react following a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Michele Eve Sandberg / AFP/Getty Images)A student shows a law enforcement officer a photo or video from his phone on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., evacuate the school following a shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.
(WPLG-TV via AP)In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., evacuate the school following a shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.
(WPLG-TV via AP)Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)Anxious family members watch a rescue vehicle pass by on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building.
(Wilfredo Lee / AP)The family of one of the 17 people killed in the Valentine’s Day massacre at a Florida high school is suing to obtain mental health records of shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz.
The lawsuit is being filed Friday by the family of 17-year-old Helena Ramsay, a junior when she died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Their lawyers want records about Cruz from Henderson Behavioral Health to help them prepare for a possible malpractice or wrongful death case. The company has also been sued by other victims’ families. A Henderson attorney says the company supports release of the records but needs a court order.
A news conference was planned later Friday by the family and attorneys.
Nineteen-year-old Cruz faces the death penalty if convicted of 17 counts of murder.
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