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 was found not guilty of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury in a rare trial over police inaction in a school shooting.
A jury has acquitted on all counts the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
By Dakin Andone, Denise Royal and Carlos Suarez, CNN
Scot Peterson, then a deputy for the Broward Sheriff’s Office, pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including felony child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury. He faces up to life in