Florida school shooting suspect ordered a drink at Subway after deadly assault

he man accused of killing 17 at a Florida high school dropped his AR-15-style rifle and left the scene with terrified students, blending in to make his escape before casually walking into a nearby Walmart to get a drink.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, used the cover of fleeing students to make his way to the Walmart, where he bought a drink at a Subway restaurant in the store, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a news conference Thursday. Then Cruz walked to a McDonald’s, Israel said.

Israel says Cruz was confronted by a police officer and taken into custody about 40 minutes after leaving the McDonald’s. Cruz then told detectives that "he was the gunman who entered the school campus . . . and began shooting students he saw in the hallways," according to court papers filed Thursday afternoon.

"Cruz stated that he brought additional loaded magazines to the school campus and kept them hidden in a backpack until he got on campus to begin his assault," according to an arrest affidavit.

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