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Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a former Florida sheriffs deputy accused of failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago. Prosecutors and Scot Petersons defense

By Dakin Andone and Denise Royal, CNN

Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy accused of failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago.

A Florida jury began deliberations in the case against Scot Peterson, in a rare trial against a police officer over inaction in a school shooting.

A jury will soon decide the fate of a Florida sheriffs deputy accused of failing to protect students during the 2018 Parkland school massacre. Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their

Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of a former Florida deputy charged with felony child neglect for failing to step in and stop a shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members and wounded 17 others at a Parkland high school five years ago.

Scot Peterson, an armed school resource officer, was dropped off 10 feet from the east entrance of the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when gunman Nikolas Cruz made his way to the other end of the building on the first floor. Aaron Feis, an unarmed football coach, was at the east entrance. Both knew there were reports of firecrackers, maybe gunfire, coming from the 1200 ...

A Florida sheriff's deputy fled to safety during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, putting his own life ahead of the children he was charged with protecting and giving the gunman time to fatally shoot several victims, prosecutors told jurors Monday during the closing arguments of his trial on child neglect charges.

Closing arguments completed in the trial of Scot Peterson, who is accused of failing to confront the gunman according to his active shooter training, instead taking cover for more than

A jury will soon decide the fate of a Florida sheriffs deputy accused of failing to protect students during the 2018 Parkland school massacre. Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their