Parkland shooting verdict: School security officer Scot Peterson found not guilty Scot Peterson was charged with neglect of a child and culpable negligence in the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17.
Former MSD School Resource Officer Scot Peterson sits at the defense table during closing arguments in his trial, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Peterson is accused of failing to confront the shooter who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool) (Amy Beth Bennett, © South Florida Sun Sentinel 2023)
A former school security officer was found not guilty Thursday after he failed to confront the gunman who massacred 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.
Scot Peterson, who was a Broward County sheriff’s deputy and worked as a resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, was charged in 2019 with seven counts of neglect of a child and three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury .
He broke down in tears as the unanimous decision was read Thursday.
Read the full story on nbcnews.com .
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