In September, a YouTube user named Nikolas Cruz left a comment on a video stating: "I'm going to be a professional school shooter." The video's creator alerted both the FBI and YouTube.
Last fall, a Mississippi bail bondsman and frequent YouTube vlogger noticed an alarming comment left on one of his videos. "I'm going to be a professional school shooter," said a user named Nikolas Cruz.
The YouTuber, 36-year-old Ben Bennight, alerted the FBI, emailing a screenshot of the comment to the bureau's tips account. He also flagged the comment to YouTube, which removed it from the video.
Agents with the bureau's Mississippi field office got back to him "immediately," Bennight said, and conducted an in-person interview the following day, on Sept. 25.
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WNU Editor: These stories always break my heart. I pray for the families who have been destroyed with the deaths of their loved ones, and a speedy recovery for those who have been wounded. But what is galling about this case is that everyone knew .... and the warnings were issued that he was a threat. And what is even more sad is that this type of crime is not the first .... and it will not be last.
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