Cruz faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of attempted aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, battery on a law enforcement officer and other related charges, a possible footnote considering he faces the death penalty for the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting that left 17 dead and another 17 wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Cruz has confessed to the killings and offered to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence.