Mother of Dix Hills native killed in Florida school shooting says guilty plea ‘doesn’t change anything’

The former student accused of shooting and killing 17 people at a Florida high school plans to plead guilty, according to his lawyers.
A Wednesday hearing is set for 23-year-old Nikolas Cruz to change his plea.
Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018, killing 14 students and three faculty members.
One of the faculty members killed was Dix Hills native Scott Beigel.
His mother Linda Beigel Schulman says Cruz’s guilty plea is like “having a scab ripped off a wound.”
“We know he’s guilty,” Schulman says. “Everybody knows he’s guilty and just because he’s willing to put in a guilty plea doesn’t change anything.”
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Cruz.