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Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.

Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, 60, who failed to confront Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz and instead fled to safety was found not guilty of child neglect and other crimes.

A guard who allegedly hid while a mass shooter killed 17 at a Florida high school in 2018 was found not guilty Thursday of charges of neglect and negligence.Peterson, believed the first law enforcement officer in the country charged for failing to take action during a school shooting, was indicted for multiple counts of felony child neglect, and culpable negligence and one count of perjury.

Scot Peterson waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for 48 minutes while 17 people were killed inside.

(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesFormer Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson collapsed on the defense table and cried on Thursday as he was found not guilty on all counts after he failed to confront the teenage gunman responsible for the horrific 2018 school shooting.The 60-year-old, who had been labeled “the coward of Broward” for his response during the massacre in Parkland, Florida, continued to cry and raise his