UNCLASSIFIED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Language Services Section Idaho Translation and Analysis Center 3975 Pole Line Road Pocatello, ID 83201 File Number: Requesting Of?cial(s) and SSA Task Number(s) and Date Compleled: 799120. Work Request Number ?991 19. 2f 1 52018 Name and Of?ce of Linguist(s): EMA i . Name and Of?ce of Reviewer?s): lick 1161c to enter text Som'ce Lauguage(s): English Target Language: English Source File Information Name of Audio File or CD: 010518;023 _p1n_Nikolas_Ciuz_Plione_C allwav -Date, Duration: 1/5/2018, 00:13:35 VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTION Paiticipants: Unknown Female UF . 95-4-1 Abbreviations: PH Phonetic UI Unintelligible OV Overlapping Voice UNCLASS IF IED UNCLASSIFIED The Instagram provides for Nikolas Cruz are 11ikolas_cmz_, cruz?nikolas, crazynikolas_new] UNCLASSIFIED File Number: UNCLASSIFIED 1 ?t 2:15,? stun? . . Rec01dingNa111e:010518 0231_pn1 Nikolas Phone Call wav UF: [stat of Thank you for calling the FBI. Can I get your name please? Ah, yes. My name is Thank you. And can I get your telephone number please? Sure. Thank you. And 110w can Ihelp you today ma?am? Okay. I was just fig- -I guess Iwas talking to the operator and, and she transferred me. U111, like I said to he1.Idon tknow 110w to go about this but, 1111 011 the Instagram account Ihave a, 11111 I wouldn say he by blood but um, I- Iwould considei him .He 5 only 18,11111 he got the mental capacity ofa 12 to a 14 year old. His mother just passed away on the ?rst of November. He?s got Insta gram accounts. He started off saying he wanted to kill himself. So what I did was I called the Parkland, which is whe1e he lives. U11 Parkland Police Department and I spoke to a of?cer, Um, I didn?t hear anything on, you know, my?I left it. gave him all the information I had. And then just recently, now he has switched it to he wants to kill people. And then he put that 011 his Instagram and about two days later, he took it off. Um, if you go onto his Instagram pages, you?ll see all the guns he-he?s so into ISIS and, 11m, afraid this is, so-something?s gonna happen. Because he?s, he doesn?t have the mental capacity. He can?t, he?s so outraged if someone talks to him about certain things. And he had pulled a ri?e on his mother before she had, 1111, passed away because she wanted to get money to Um, and the whole, and another problem is that?and?and he?s 18 and his mother?s life insm?ance policy is, 11h, coming in and he is going to receive $25,000 from that and then at 21, 1111, 24, and 11p to 30, he?s receiving, 1111, $25,000 ever}r year after that, 1111, from a, 11111, a wrongful death suit that the mother had on the father, on his father. So, he went out and he, um. took money out of his mother?s account. I don?t know 110w he got the debit card, but he did. And he, 1111, took money. This is after she passed away. And he took the money out, the social security money out. And he took it, and he bought all these ri?es and and he posted pictures of them on the Instagram. And the family that, you know. distant cousin and-and myself, 11111, are very concerned about this because Ijust want someone to know about this so they can look into it. If they think it?s something worth going into. ?ne. If not, um, I just know I have a clear conscience if he takes off and, and just starts shooting places up. Okay. And did he say he would do that or he just wanted to, ma?am?? 1 UNCLASSIFIED ITC000003 UNCLASSIFIED File Number: ,3 . . Recording Name: . I Uh, on the histagram, he says, want to kill people.? Um. Yeah, let me see. uh, yes, want to kill people.? And, um, I can, give you, the Insta gram accounts and you can look at them and you?ll see the pictures. Yeah. Um. Yes please, nia?ani. Okay. The one account where it was on there, want to kill people,? and then he took it down is Nikolas, underline Cruz, -R-U-Z underline. Now there?s another, um, that you should really. look at and that?s Nikolas. 011 this is all one word all, uh, underca-lowercase. Okay. Okay. And then there?s air-there?s another one, um, uh, it-it?s Cruz, -R-U-Z, underline, Nikolas. N-I-K-O-L-A-S. Um, and that?s where all And, now, it- it?s cutting up animals and things like that. Little animals. Right now it?s just frogs and I know for a fact it was a bird at one time. Uh, just to, just to give you a little backgromid on him. You know how asbird will ?y arormd in the backyard and then hit your glass door, your sliding glass doors and hit the ground? Mlnn. Well that?s what happened. He brought the bird into the house. He threw it on his mother?s kitchen counter and he started cutting it up. He has all kinds of hunting knives. I don?t know what knife he used though. And he started cutting the, uh, bird up and his mother, Linda said, ?What?re you doing?? And he says, want to see what?s inside.? Now . . . I don?t know. [chuckle] That to me would be a red flag. And then, uh, you know, wanting to kill all these animals and uh. he wants to uni, uh, do something in Arabic and uh, he?he dresses up like a ninja or a, or a-a?a ISIS guy. And he has pictures of all the ri?es and everything on the Instagram, on one of these accounts. Okay. Does he say anything-- ?else about doing anything, ina?am?? 2 UNCLASSIFIED UNC LAS SIFIED File Ntunberzyw Recording Name: 0105 1 8_023 UF: Um, no. He really, he doesn?t, mm, but he has expre?in different times he expresses different things and then he takes it off. But he left the pictures. Um, there?s one of these accounts I had, uh, texted him on his Instagram asking him how he was and, and, you know, if he was doing okay and telling him I needed to speak to someone and um, could he get me the phone number, and I went back on the account because Ihadn?t heard from him. And at the top of the page it said, ?Leave me the alone." And now I don?t believe it?s there anymore. And I know he was speaking to me. Okay. You know, it-it?s just, it?s so much and I know he?s-he?s going to explode. A man he befriended, some young boy who?s also on .Insta gram, and, um, his father, this boy?s father took him in. Him and his wife took Nikolas in and said he could live there and, 1111, his guns and everything Could be in the house because he has them locked up. Um, he also said when, this is another ?ag I saw. He also said, when Nikolas gets his money, his $25,000. This man will invest it for him. Okay. He doesn?t know Nikolas a hole in the wall. And I don?t know who he?s going to invest it with or what?s going to happen but I do know. and this is a fact, when you ask Nikolas for money, he goes up one rule and down the other. He gets crazy, because he will not give anybody his money. Matter of fact, he thinks anything he the bank is all is, and, you know, to hell with everybody else including his brother. So, and I have th-the, uh, man?s name who uh-I-we?ve, the family and I have tried to call this gentleman and he refuses to return any phone calls, but I gothis name and his address if you?d like it. Yes please. Okay. His name is . His address have um, a phone number here. And is that-- Um. --the one that he?s staying with, ma?am? Yes. That?s the man he?s supposed to be staying with. And um. an almt of his has, had called him. Another woman who was taking care of Nikolas, 1111, who has already spoken to him tried to call him. I tried to call him just to ?nd out how Nikolas was and to make sure he lmderstood the problems of this, he has. And he 3 UNCLASSIFIED File Number:. UNCLASSIFIED Recording Name: 0105] 8?023 lianNikolas_Cruz_Phone_C all.wav UF: F: just doesn?t return any phone calls, which, if you?re going to help somebody and you know there?s family involved. at least return the phone calls and talk to them about it. Or, you know, return the phone call and say mind your own business. Yeah, something. Yeah, and does he talk about ISIS or he just dressed up like one of?- Yeah, well dresses that way and he?s, if?if you go into the Instagram account, there?s one Instagram where it just, uh, he has a thing for Arabic words. um, let me see. I?m going to it. Urn 011 boy Okay. Well. Okay. Okay, urn, there?s also a, 11111, it says crazy Nikolas underline new. All under case. underline new. Now the Cruz underline Nikolas account. M11111. See, if you go 011 that, it?ll show you all these pictures of him dressed up in, he- he-he wants to be a, he also wants to join the Anny so He shows the gun that he pru?chased. The Maverick, uh, 88 Slug. He paid $219 for it. Urn, and he shows you all the, 1111, knives that he?s got and the gun. And he does hold up one gim. And I noticed orange tip. And that?s just to let the police know it?s not real. I believe. And, run, he does use that. It?s like an air, air pistol. Um, but, you know, and then the other one is where he's urn, cutting up frogs and, uh, and he shows his guns also. Uh, where is it? Okay, the, uh, Nikolas Cruz In that one there, he?s . . . tell you how confused he is he?s got the Make America Great Again hat on. And his face is all covered with a scarf. And it shows you a dirt road. It shows you the frogs. They?re a little bloody. The American eagle, uh, anununition. What looks to be a something that you shoot at, it?s in a frame. His rifle, and then a whole bag with all kinds of ri?es and-and stuff 011 it. And scopes. Irnean lie-the main concern is also when he gets this $25,000. He?s not going to give it to this man to invest. He?s going to buy guns. Okay-? And I know the last ri?e he bought he went online and he bought it and it was shipped to, uh. in Parkland, Florida. He also works at I believe he?s back at his old job which is at the Dollar Tree. And it?s right by Walmart and-and, um, in Parkland. I-I-I really don?t know exactly which one it is, but I know there?s two right now he. it?s right by Walnrart. And it?s the Dollar Tree. And, um, I don?t know. It-it just . . . it?s alarming to see these pictures and to know what he?s capable of doing and?and what could happen. He?s not in school any longer. He never graduated high school. He?s thrown out ofall these schools because he would pick up a chair and just throw it at somebody, a teacher or a student because he didn?t like the way they were talking to him. Um, I-I just think about. you know, getting into a school and just shooting the place up. You 4 UNCLASSIFIED ITC000006 UNCLASSIFIED File NumberRecording Name: 010518_023 know, he-he . . . unless there?s any other information I could possibly give you I, you know, I?m, I will. UF: Thanks. So if anybody else has questions they can call you back. Is that correct, Ina?am? . Yes, you can, him. And you name is? UF: I can give you my ID number nla?am. Okay. UF: It?s Seven. Okay. Okay. Um. Are you an agent? UF: Uh, we are Intake Specialists, ma?am; 5 Okay. Very good. Um, I didn?t know whether to call you or Homeland Security or who, but, like I said. U111, when you look into this, you can make the decision as to whether you want to go further or not. [just want to, you know, get it off my chest in case something doeslhappen and I do believe smnething?s going to happen, but . . . UF: Yeah, I do appreciate you calling that in, nia?am. Okay. Well thank you veiy much, and, uh, have a good weekend. UF: Thank you. You as well ina?am. And uh, stay Warm [chuckle]. Okay. UF: Thank you. Bye. Bye-bye. [end of- 0105 18_023 5 UNCLASSIFIED