Nikolas Cruz displayed violent behavior at previous school

Florida gunman Nikolas Cruz jumped off the back of a bus and was repeatedly punched for using a racial slur while attending a school for emotionally troubled students, a report shows.

Cruz was enrolled at the Cross Creek School until January 2016, when he moved to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he’s accused of fatally shooting 17 people last week.

A 2015 education plan showed Cruz, now 19, was making progress after several violent incidents.

School officials were aware of his obsession with guns, according to the document, parts of which were published by ABC affiliate WPLG.

And he seemed to not show empathy for using racial slurs at a classmate, who went on to punch Cruz.

“Recently he was punched numerous times by a peer for using racial slurs towards that peer. … He refused to accept that the comments made by him caused the peers reaction,” the report reads.

Cruz would often tell teachers at the specialized school about his love of guns and his fixation on violence.

“He is fascinated by the use of guns and often speaks of weapons and the importance of ‘having weapons to remain safe in this world,’” school officials noted.

Cruz, now charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, seemed to make improvements and pushed for a transfer out of the school.

“He would like more homework and prove that he can do the work,” it said. “He is learning to do his own laundry/chores at home.”

Cruz was taking unspecified medication, and was being nicer to his mother — who he was typically hostile toward.

“She is so happy with his academic progress as well as behavioral progress,” the report says of Lynda Cruz, who died last November. “He is using profanity less at home. He gives his daily note to mom most of the time.”

Cruz even volunteered at a local YMCA, WPLG reported, and wanted to get out of the school because he thought it was for students who were “not smart.”

“If you make a movement with somebody like this, you better have an ironclad system of support to monitor him along the way,” Dottie Provenzano, a retired Broward County teacher who reviewed the file, told WPLG.

Cruz’s condition worsened, however, when he was transferred to Douglas High School in January 2016.

He was reportedly disciplined five times at the school before he got a forced transfer in February 2017.

Cruz also displayed bizarre behavior online, including threatening posts on YouTube and Instagram and reportedly cut himself on a Snapchat posts.

He was flagged to local law enforcement as well as the FBI, which admitted last week it missed warning signs about Cruz.

The shooting suspect is being held in jail without bond, as funerals continue for the students and faculty in South Florida.