WATCH LIVE: Verdict reached in trial of ex-Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson
A Broward jury has acquitted former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson on all counts.
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A Broward jury has acquitted former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson on all counts.
Scot Peterson found not guilty of felony child neglect during the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 were killed
A Florida sheriff's deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during a school shooting.
An ex-deputy who was charged with not doing enough to intervene during the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., was found not guilty on all charges Thursday.
The campus deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Scot Peterson had been charged with failing to confront the shooter during his attack inside a classroom building in February 2018 that left 17 dead.