Florida Gov. Rick Scott is demanding FBI Director Christopher Wray resign — after his agency admitted Friday that it ignored a tip about school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz just a month ago.
“We constantly promote ‘see something, say something,’ and a courageous person did just that to the FBI. And the FBI failed to act,” Scott fumed in a statement.
“Seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn’t going to cut it. An apology will never bring these 17 Floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain.”
A month before Cruz allegedly slaughtered 17 people at his former high school, a person “close to” him called the FBI’s tipline and reported that the 19-year-old had a “desire to kill people” and there was “potential of him conducting a school shooting” — and yet the agency didn’t pass the info on to its Miami field office, it revealed.
Wray apologized in a statement, saying that “[we] deeply regret the additional pain this causes all those affected by this horrific tragedy” and vowing to investigate how such a massive blunder happened.