- Five weeks before the shooting in February, the FBI received a tip from a former Stoneman Douglas student
- He told the agency that Nickolas Cruz had bought guns and planned to 'slip into a school and start shooting the place up'
- The FBI also received a tip from a Youtuber, saying that Cruz posted a comment under one of his video: 'I'm going to become a professional school shooter
- In response, the FBI said at the time that it could not verify the user's identity, even though 'Nikolas Cruz' was part of its username
- Cruz, who was found guilty on 17 counts of first-degree murder will receive either a death sentence or life in prison after a penalty trial starting in April
Feds pay $128M to families of Parkland massacre after FBI bungled tips
The US government has agreed to pay $127.5m to the relatives of 17 killed in a 2018 school shooting after admitting the FBI failed to follow up two tips that could have prevented it.
The government's announcement Wednesday said the settlement resolves a total 40 cases connected to the massacre. The settlement does not amount to an admission of fault by the United States, according to a Justice Department news release.
