Just heard on Parkland Scanner that a Nicholas Cruz has been detained.

[Lint Head]

Regarding the school shooting. Though it could just be detaining a suspect not proof it's the shooter.

[SummerSnow]

1. from Twitter..

Link to tweet

[raccoon]

8. Good, he can be tried as an adult nt

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Looks like they got him-- live view of guy in cuffs being loaded into cop car.

[Ilsa]

3. Wearing the burgundy shirt mentioned by police earlier. nt

[brooklynite]

4. Local news is reporting a suspect is in custody

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Wow! Most towns and counties in NJ went to secured radio, so criminals could not use scanners.

Pretty much here, if you use one, you just get people who think they bought secure frequency-hopping cordless home phones, when in reality many phones transmit a side band in clear text just in case their phone's encryption fails--this way, it doesn't drop the call. Even though those phones are rated for a hundred feet to a hundred yards, a 3 foot boom mast antenna attached to the scanner will pick the base units up over a mile away, giving the scanner people a one-mile radius of home phones to listen in on. Most scanners, post 1990ish are made to not pick up cell phone frequencies, but some can be modded, or you buy an old Bearcat at the farmer's market. I gave mine away after the state, counties and towns went to a secured encrypted network, about 15-20 years ago.

Criminals would use scanners to keep dibs on the police when doing their activities.

[Lint Head]

6. I listen to online scanners. I do not own one.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. I did not know there was such a thing.

[joshcryer]

9. AP just confirmed this is the guy.