US teen's fast thinking helps him flee gunman Nikolas Cruz during school shootingSUPPLIED Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of murder after one of deadliest school shootings ever in the US. The youngster had heard the first gunshots ring out and was fleeing for the exit when he encountered Nikolas Cruz, 19, armed with an assault rifle, in a second floor hallway. NIKOLAS CRUZ/INSTAGRAM Nikolas Cruz's Instagram profile demonstrated his disturbing interest in high-powered weapons. READ MORE:* FBI's near-brush with US school shooter Nikolas Cruz* Students cowered as shooter Nikolas Cruz coolly dealt out death* School shooter Nikolas Cruz stopped at McDonald's after mass killing"So I threw my phone at him," he told The Daily Telegraph. Asked what he wanted to say to Trump, Isaah said: "I want to tell him we need to get rid of the guns.

Source: Stuff February 17, 2018 03:45 UTC