aggravating factors as to count -- excuse me, verdict form as to count nine, victim christopher hixon. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, nikolas cruz was previously convicted of another capital felony or of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to another person, yes. the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, nikolas cruz created a great risk of death to many persons, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor that the first-degree murder of christopher hixon was committed while nikolas cruz was engaged in the commission of a burglary, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first-degree murder of christopher hixon was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, yes. we the jury unanimously find that the state has established

christopher hixon's son and his mother, they walked out after the jury said cruz would spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole after they decided that some of the mitigating circumstances outweighed the aggravating one. there has been a room set up just next door to where the courtroom has been set up and we're told that's where some of the family members might go and share some of their thoughts on this. but as you guys have been saying, clearly there was one juror or one or more jurors who just held out on whether or not some of these mitigating circumstances really outweighed the aggravating ones and the defense really offered a number of them, a lot of it focused on nikolas cruz's birth mother, they testified how she used drugs and alcohol during her pregnancy with cruz, they also focused a lot of their mitigating circumstances around cruz's adoptive mother. they painted her as a woman who tried to get her son the help he needed but ultimately she was overwhelmed and going into this, we assume, we figured that the aggravating factors were going to be

verdict form as the current nine, victim christopher hixon.ner without any pretense of moral or legaljustification. yes. we, the jury, unanimously find that the state has established beyond reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, the first—degree murder of christopher hixon was committed to disruptor or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the enforcement of the laws, yes. we, thejury, unanimously find enforcement of the laws, yes. we, the jury, unanimously find that the state has established beyond reasonable doubt the existence of the aggravating factor, christopher hixon was an appointed public official engaged in the performance official engaged in the performance of his official duties and the motive for the first—degree murder was related in whole or in part two christopher hixon official capacity, yes. reviewing the aggravating factors that were unanimously found to be established beyond a reasonable doubt, we the jury unanimously find that the aggravating factors are sufficient to warrant a possi