THE father of a Parkland student killed in the 2018 massacre scaled the top of a crane near the White House on Monday as he blasted Joe Biden over gun violence.
Manuel Oliver's son, Joaquin, was among the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018.
On the fourth anniversary of the Parkland shooting, Oliver uploaded a video on Twitter from 150 feet in the air on top of a construction crane near the White House.
"The whole world will listen to what came today. I have a very important message. I asked for a meeting with Joe Biden a month ago. Never got that meeting," Oliver says in the video.
His family said he is protesting the Biden Administration's lack of action on gun control.
"He's my husband, and he's a father, and he's Joaquin's dad. I am Joaquin's mom. We are here to do whatever is in our hands. So, whatever happens, happens," Oliver's wife, Patricia, told Fox5 at the scene.
A banner with an image of Joaquin can also be seen hanging off the crane.
Video from the scene showed a heavy police presence surrounding the base of the construction tower.
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Oliver took a selfie from atop of the crane a 6am on Monday, captioning the post: "I was in DC on December asking to meet @POTUS . Today GUAC is with me making he's own statement!
"So the whole nation can judge our reality . 150 feet high in front of the WH. Peaceful action. Police is on the ground!"
President Biden said his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence ahead of Monday's anniversary.
"Out of the heartbreak of Parkland a new generation of Americans all across the country marched for our lives and towards a better, safer America for us all," Biden said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press.
"Together, this extraordinary movement is making sure that the voices of victims and survivors and responsible gun owners are louder than the voices of gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association."
PARKLAND SHOOTING
On Valentine's Day 2018, 14 students and three faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were murdered when a gunman armed with an AR-15 walked onto campus and opened fire inside a hallway.
The culprit, later identified to be 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, arrived at MSD's Parkland campus via an Uber at 2.19pm, twenty-one minutes before classes were due to end for the day.
Cruz, a troubled teen who had been expelled from MSD two years earlier, entered the campus through an unmanned security gate, clutching a backpack and a large black rifle bag.
He unzipped his rifle bag in a stairwell of the 30-classroom block. Cruz quickly assembled his AR-15 rifle and, within 15 seconds, opened fire – indiscriminately shooting at students and teachers as they desperately clamored for cover in classrooms and hallways.
Across a period of six terrifying minutes, 17 people were fatally gunned down, and 17 others were wounded. Hundreds more lives would be irrevocably altered.
Cruz was taken into custody less than two hours later, having initially fled the campus by blending in with the crowds of screaming students running for their lives.
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