For Nicholas Dworet, we definitely now know he was with the group that went to the more exposed corner. Carmen Schentrup had a laser focus on her future a straight-A student and National Merit . Reminders of Carmen are prominent throughout their home: here, a photo of her striking a sassy pose in her homecoming dress. It's definitely not easy. But when I said it, it didn't sound right," April says. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Some families, including the Schentrups, have chosen not to watch the trial at all. 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 . "I think part of me just broke," April says, weeping as she recalls that moment. "When we listen to each other, politics doesn't have to be a bad thing," said Philip Schentrup, who lost his 16-year-old daughter Carmen in the shooting. Its very high energy, Boiko said of the bullets. hide caption, Carmen skipped a grade early on, and her parents say she never lost her strong sense of self-determination. Victims relatives have filled several rows in the courtroom over the past two weeks, listening closely as the lead prosecutor, Michael J. Satz, called dozens of witnesses. Alyssa Alhadeff (Room 1216): Shot in the heart, hand, femoral artery, and in the spine five times. Jamie Guttenburg (Just inside 3rd floor stairwell): Shot in the back through the spinal cord. 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. "I went close to get a better gauge and she wasn't moving and she was just laying there," she said. 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. That day, the shooter shouldve been stopped, Mr. Schentrups mother, April Schentrup, said. Some shook their heads in anger or disbelief, others sat with their eyes closed, looking crushed. Alania Petty (Room 1216): Shot somewhere in the upper torso or possibly the neck. The Schentrups' children are involved, too. Carmen was one of the school's 10 National Merit Scholar semifinalists Politicians on both sides of the aisle expressed their condolences to the families and victims of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Tuesday on the tragedy's fifth anniversary. She was also a National Merit Scholarship finalist, but Carmen never knew, because her family found out the day after she was killed. The family has no special plans that day. Crawled a few feet over to another student (Cara Loughran) who had already been shot, in a bid to protect/shield her. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could.". Very quickly, news started spreading that there had been a shooting at her daughters' high school. Her mother said He shot her 10 times. She was the student whose body was visible in the the highly circulated photo/video that showed the students being evacuated from room 1213. This will not help us heal and get any kind of closure, Michael B. Schulman, whose 35-year-old son, Scott J. Beigel, was killed in the shooting, wrote in 2019 in The South Florida Sun Sentinel. And hugging Evelyn a little bit harder. One year after their older daughter, Carmen, was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the Schentrup family works to find a new normal. Alyse Young for NPR The first hint she got that something was wrong was when she received a baffling text message from daughter Evelyn. hide caption. She especially adored the Harry Potter series, identifying with the brainy character Hermione. Robert Schentrup of Brady United, a national gun-reform group, lost his 16-year-old sister, Carmen, in the Parkland shooting. 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. Now, her parents, Philip and April, wear teal bracelets printed with her name and the dates that mark her short life: 2/21/2001-2/14/2018. Satz again asked about the significance of the high-powered bullets. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and making others laugh. "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. Carmen strikes a pose for her younger sister, Evelyn, before homecoming in the fall of 2017. Evelyn Schentrup wears a sweatshirt designed by students involved with the March for Our Lives organization. "Since February 14, this is every day. "I guess it was just too much change for me," she says, recalling her first panic attack: "I just started crying out of nowhere, and so I went to the bathroom to wipe off my tears, you know, fix my makeup, like a teenager would do. We want to make it an academic debate, because then we don't have to feel the pain and suffering of others. The only thing in front of me was Nicholas Dworet. Couresy of the Schentrup family Memories of Carmen Schentrup lying lifeless on the classroom floor torment De Oliveira. It just seems like it's a problem that can't be ignored anymore. But Schentrup also pointed to cases in which innocent people were executed for crimes they didnt commit and use of the death penalty against people with intellectual disabilities. Later finished off with multiple shots to the chest and abdomen. Photos seen by the jurors, and later reviewed by reporters, revealed the damage was massive: small entrance wounds, with massive, gaping exits wounds. Carmen Schentrup was shot inside Ronit Reoven's classroom. One girl suffered five wounds, including a fatal one to the head. My Account; Password Reset . The aggravating factors include that the murders were heinous, atrocious or cruel, and that they were committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated way. The Schentrups also contend with this: the troubling sense that their sharp, individual loss has been swallowed up, overtaken by the post-Parkland movement. After Carmen was killed, Philip recalls what he heard from a close relative: "'Sorry, but this is the way it is. As April breaks down, her children, Evelyn and Robert, lean in close, knitting their fingers around her hand. We need to be focusing on the systems that failed us, instead of what I believe is the symptom of that failure.. If they do, the judge can decide to follow the jurys recommendation or sentence the gunman to life in prison. "And then come tell me why we can't do things to keep our kids safe. They. At the time more than two years before the start of the trial Schulman said to secure the death penalty instead, families would have to live through the trauma of a trial and relive the murders of their loved ones. 25 Feb 2023 22:05:43 At the time she died, Carmen had been accepted into the University of Florida's honors program, with dreams of becoming a medical researcher. She got killed in a deadly shooting by the alumni of her school inside the premises. Chris Hixon (first floor hallway, west end): Initially shot multiple times in the leg(s). That on the day before the massacre, he had searched online: How long does it take for a cop to show up at a school shooting.. Ive spent countless hours looking for videos of the case but I dont think I ever came across that. from CNN: Some people are just sad he's not with us anymore. '", Carmen Schentrup at age six. ", "This happened 19 years later after Columbine, five years later after Sandy Hook," April adds. Mr. Schentrup said he would find the trial traumatizing. 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. Soul-Less Shoes of Death; How They Do It To Us; The Holohoax; You are Being Deceived; Exposing Corona Video; Message to Agencies; CONTACT. But as painful as the loss of his sister is, Schentrup does not believe sentencing the killer to death is the solution. "We become immune to tragedy," he says. 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. I followed every movement of his body. So I'm sure it'll involve that. She doesn't want to remember her that way, but instead as the genuine and intelligent girl she was. Carmen died one week shy of her 17th birthday. CARMEN SCHENTRUP. "She'd ask a million questions," her father says. Peter Wang, 15 Photo of Peter Wang The 14-year-old, who performed Irish dance, was set to appear in a St. Patrick's Day festival the month after her death. 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. The more the Schentrups learned, the angrier they got. How the gunfire from a semiautomatic rifle boomed inside a classroom under attack. I also feel a certain responsibility to let it be known, he added, so people can if theyre saying, well, I defer to the victims make an informed choice about their own feelings on this issue.. 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. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. The family moved mostly for Philip's job; he works for a tech company based in the Pacific Northwest. "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! Youre able to confront your person in court, and thats what this is about, she said. Anthony Borges, who was 15 at the time of the massacre, testified about being shot five times while he was in the hallway. Her parents, Philip and April, speak with soft wonder. When I visit the family at their new home, Evelyn is logging in for an orientation session with her new online high school. While he believed that Mr. Cruz deserved death, Mr. Schulman wrote, pursuing that sentence would involve reliving the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting over and over again. . "You can say it's the man sure," Philip says. "You know, you could say 'Carmen's forever 16.' She planned to attend Washington State University with the goal of becoming a medical researcher and finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the neurological disorder commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. "She was driven by a curiosity about the world, and her place in it.". "If you realize that 90% of the stuff. 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. Carmen Schentrup (Room 1213): Shot in the abdomen. hide caption. "She would go online and find a song she loved and just practice until she did it," says her younger sister Evelyn, age 14. That's why we're doing what we're doing. Meadow Pollack (Alcove of Room 1249): Shot initially 4 times when trying to cross the third floor hallway. The damage is very significant.. And as the trial proper got underway this summer, he wanted to make that known. Still, Schentrup is not alone in his stance against the death penalty: Michael B. Schulman, whose son, geography teacher Scott Beigel, was one of three staff members killed, wrote an op-ed for the . She was known as a fountain of talent: A violin, guitar and piano player. The other half was diagonally across from the window, in complete view. All Rights Reserved. When he fell over I fell over with him. They talk about their views with family members who are gun owners and NRA members, and admit that those conversations can be painful. ", A makeshift shrine for Carmen Schentrup stands outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. And when rescue came, they didn't take her with them.'". 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. The same search for answers that don't come. Aaron Feiss body was also partially in a entrance to the building so his body may have also been seen as being on the sidewalk maybe. Carmens murder was hard, Schentrup said, for him and his family. His body, along with Gina's, can be seen in the hallway during the video of the students being evacuated from room 1213. The Schentrup family in 2016: Philip, Robert, April, Carmen and Evelyn. Unfortunately, we never got the chance to do that.. 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. But she was like a lot of other teens, too, with a close-knit group of friends she would always hang out with, Schentrup remembered. Alyse Young for NPR But particularly this one says that one survivor hid directly behind him in the corner and later used his body as a shield: Witness testimony from survivor Aalayah Eastmond describes how she hid behind Dworet during the shooting. Her family was also planning a trip that summer to the island nation, where some of her relatives live. from People: We think about them, even though they're not with us. James Edward Smith II is a third-generation pastor that allegedly defrauded his church over half a million dollars, officials said. 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. We disagree with our son however, on this topic., As shown in the trial, he wrote, Carmens murderer expressed pride and joy in murdering Carmen and 16 other incredible people. I feel like I understand what happened that day, and I dont need to relive it.. "I felt like I had to do something to help the families in whatever way I could." 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 school so she could go on to study medicine and eventually conduct research to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Up until now, the Schentrups haven't spoken to the media about the shooting. With Carmen's death, I was initiated into a club no one ever wants to joinparents who have had their child taken from them by gun violence. And she was an enthusiastic fan of comic books, cartoons and British television. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool). Was seen gasping for air (possibly indicating a lung(s) was punctured); she died after a few minutes before EMS entered the room. Seventeen people were killed and 17 injured in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. Many have indicated they support the death penalty, a stance underscored by the raw and painful testimony parents and other family members gave during the trial, detailing how the killers actions had robbed them not only of their children and loved ones but also their futures and all the memories that would have been made. Where was Bourges when he was shot? There, a photo of her in the graduation cap and gown she would never get to wear. Was killed near instantly but was also shot (possibly postmortem) in the chest, arms, and possibly the head again according to family friend Jesse Pan. 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