Scot Peterson verdict: Deputy not guilty in Parkland shooting trial
The former school resource officer who didn't confront the gunman during the 2018 Parkland school shooting was charged with counts of child neglect.
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The former school resource officer who didn't confront the gunman during the 2018 Parkland school shooting was charged with counts of child neglect.
A Florida sheriff's deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for his actions during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
Scot Peterson, 60, was charged with six counts of child neglect with great bodily harm, one count of child neglect without great harm, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
A jury finds Scot Peterson, the school resource officer during the Parkland, Florida mass shooting, not guilty on all counts.
The 60-year-old was the deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a shooter murdered 17 people there five years ago.