New pictures show accused Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, attempted to shoot out the windows on the top floor of a campus building to fire down at people below.
The shooter, however, failed to destroy the windows after discovering the glass where reinforced and hurricane proof.
Had he succeeded, police say that the carnage at the Florida school may have been much worse, according to Fox News who obtained the new images.
One photo shows a window located on a high-floor of a Stoneman Douglas building with multiple bullet holes, but remaining largely intact.
Confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz, however, failed to destroy the windows after discovering the glass where hurricane proof
Police sources told Fox News that the damage appears originate from inside the building. Law enforcement noted that the high-vantage point would have led to a dramatic increase in the loss of life.
‘What you are looking at is the third-floor teachers lounge, which faces west, Cruz was trying to shoot those windows out from the inside, creating a perch so he could act like a sniper — little did he know, those windows are hurricane windows and they won’t shatter,’ the unidentified police officer told Fox News.
Had he succeeded, police say the carnage at the Florida school may have been much worse (Pictured: Nikolas Cruz, 19)
‘Had he been able to get those shot out, who knows how many more people would’ve died, because he would’ve had sight to a wide-open courtyard where the other buildings funnel.’
Another picture obtained by the conservative broadcaster shows boxes of evidence with biohazard labels on them.
‘By the looks of it, the ones with orange biohazard are anything from that day in the school that has blood or bodily matter on them; the rest is probably anything that was left behind that was unclaimed or evidence from the school shooting,’ the police source said.
Cruz has been charged with the premeditated murder of 17 students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida on February 14.
The 19-year-old’s killing spree took place in the three story freshman building on the high school’s campus and investigators believe we wanted to set up a perch there so he could pick off fleeing students.
A law enforcement source told ABC News Cruz left behind nearly 180 rounds of ammunition – or about six fully-loaded 30-round magazines – when he abandoned his rifle and fled the school.
Cruz disguised himself among a crowd of fleeing students and managed to get off campus to go to McDonald’s afterwards before he was arrested.
The freshman building – or building 12 as it was also known – held up to 900 students and the school is over capacity, as the Parkland area is a popular residential area.
Cruz has been charged with the premeditated murder of 17 students at the Parkland, Florida school on February 14 (Pictured: Boxes of evidence from shooting)