Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect for four students killed and three wounded in the shooting.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In a prosecution believed to be a national first, a former Florida sheriff’s deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
Former Broward County sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson appears in the courtroom for a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., June 6, 2019. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Pool via REUTERSProsecutors did not charge Peterson in connection with the 11 killed and 13 wounded on the first floor before he arrived at the building. No one was shot on the second floor.
“Peterson is an easy punching bag, but many, many people failed on February 14,” he said. “Peterson ... is being made into a scapegoat.” The shooting “was so loud and so close. I thought it was probably outside,” Peterson told investigators two days after the massacre.
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