![]() ![]() 'He was mentally ill, and in hindsight, his actions were a cry for help,' Zachary said. He also feels sorry he didn't alert authorities about him too, since there were so many troubling signs. 'My heart still feels heavy because of all of it. 'He just stood out, him in his baggy clothes and undone shoelaces. He believes he could have been more loving with his brother, who he knew was lonely and had a hard time making friends because of his autism. Zachary himself is dealing with guilt over the massacre. 'There's nothing to admire about what he did.' I tried to make him understand that it goes beyond Parkland, the news was all over the world, just like Osama bin Laden,' he said. 'I was trying to make him understand that what he did was a big deal, that it’s serious. He says reports of him talking about how 'popular' his brother had become during a jail house visit were 'a flat-out lie'. ![]() In the aftermath of the shooting, Zachary said there have been some false reports about himself. He says he hopes to get his high school diploma online and start a non-profit to end bullying. Zachary says he needed to visit the site to process the terrible thing his brother had done.) He left for Virginia right after his interview with the Herald. (He is on probation for trespassing at the school where the shooting took place. ![]() However, since the attack, Zachary's relationship with Deschamps has deteriorated as well.Įarlier this month, a Virginia-based non-profit convinced a judge to let Zachary move there, where they secured him a $13-an-hour job and a place to live. He says he needed to see the scene in order to process the terrible thing his brother had done Zachary himself was sentenced to probation for trespassing at the school after the shooting. ![]()
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