Kill suspect stays silent

WHILE students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence, the 19year-old accused of killing 17 people and wounding more in the Florida school shooting sat in court silently, his head bowed.

Nikolas Cruz, shackled and wearing a red jail jumpsuit, sat motionless in the jury box and said nothing during a brief hearing yesterday.

Because he refused to announce his plea, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf on each of the 34 counts he faces – to keep the legal process moving.