Police report reveals Fla. shooter's behavior toward his mother

Newly released police reports depicted mass killer Nikolas Cruz as a threat to his mother and himself, exposing a volatile teen anxious to purchase a gun once he turned 18.

Lynda Cruz called police repeatedly after fights in the family home, including a Jan. 15, 2013, blowout where the infuriated teen threw a chair, a glass and a dog bowl, according to reports obtained by CNN.

“He has mentioned in the past that he would like to purchase a firearm,” noted one of the 30-plus reports filed by cops responding to his Parkland, Fla., home.

The police paperwork covered a stretch from 2011-16, with references to jailed murder suspect Nikolas Cruz as a “mentally ill person” who at one point smacked his mom with a plastic vacuum cleaner hose.

Despite the volume of calls and the detailed reports, Cruz had no problem buying an AR-15 rifle from a Coral Springs, Fla., gun shop in February 2017.

Cops called to the house four days after Cruz turned 18 on Sept. 24, 2016, were told by Lynda Cruz that the youth had started “cutting his arms ... to get attention.”

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Lynda Cruz summoned police after Cruz turned irate as they discussed his getting a Florida state ID card — a necessity for his purchase of a rifle.

The mother told police who came to their home that her son had expressed his interest in buying a gun before turning 18.

One year after legally purchasing his rifle, the expelled student returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and killed 17 people.

Among the more disturbing reports was a Jan., 15, 2013, incident where Nikolas — then age 14 — refused to attend school. He exploded in anger after Lynda Cruz hid her son’s Xbox as a punishment.

The youth “retaliated and threw a chair, dog bowl and a drinking glass across the room” before denouncing his mom as a “useless b---h,” according to the police report.

Nikolas Cruz was handcuffed and held in the back of a police car until a counselor from a nearby behavioral health facility arrived with prescribed medicine that calmed him down.

The father of the family which welcomed Nikolas after the death of Lynda Cruz last November said his own son remained devastated by the carnage inflicted by the teen gunman.

“He wasn't my son,” said a distress James Snead, dodging photographers Saturday outside his Parkland, Fla., home. “He's a friend of my son. My son, like everybody else, is in mourning. I don't have any other comment right now.”

Reports indicated the local cops received 39 calls over seven years from the Cruz home for a variety of problems involving Nikolas or his younger brother.

Edgar Sandoval reporting in Parkland, Fla.

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