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The trial of the former school resource officer who remained outside a Parkland, Florida, high school five years ago while 17 people were gunned down inside started in earnest Wednesday.

Scot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17. Prosecutors say he never went inside while the shooting was underway.

Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago

Scot Peterson is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect for four students who were killed and three who were wounded on the third floor of a classroom building.

Scot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17. Prosecutors say he never went inside while the shooting was underway.

Opening statements are underway in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to stop the Parkland school massacre five years ago.

Scot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17. Prosecutors say he never went inside while the shooting was underway.

Scot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17. Prosecutors say he never went inside while the shooting was underway.

Scott Israel, Broward's former sheriff who most recently accepted a job as chief in Opa-locka, said he'll keep his options open after resigning from that agency. 

Jury selection in the trial of an ex-sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the Parkland school shooter has gotten off to a speedy start.