Wall Street Journal - FBI Didn’t Follow Up on Tip From Person Close to Teenager Charged in Shooting. On Jan. 5, caller said on Jan. 5 that Nikolas Cruz owned guns and engaged in ‘erratic behavior’
By Del Quentin Wilber Updated Feb. 16, 2018 12:46 p.m. ET 131 COMMENTS
The FBI said on Friday that it mistakenly didn’t investigate a credible and specific tip about the teenager charged with storming into a Florida high school and killing 17 people.
In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it received a call on a tip line from a person close to Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old gunman who has been charged in the shooting.
The caller provided information on “Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social-media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting,” the FBI said.
The information should have been assessed “as a potential threat to life,” the FBI statement said. But it wasn’t forwarded for investigation to the FBI’s Miami field office.
“No further investigation was conducted at that time,” the FBI said.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said he is “committed to getting to the bottom of what happened in this particular matter” as well as the FBI’s overall procedures for responding to information provided by the public.
He added, “We have spoken with victims and families, and deeply regret the additional pain this causes all those affected by this horrific tragedy.”
Write to Del Quentin Wilber at del.wilber@wsj.com
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