Scot Peterson, Florida school officer, on trial for child neglect in mass shooting

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A Florida prosecutor urged jurors on Wednesday to convict a former sheriff’s deputy of failing to protect students during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Scot Peterson was on duty as a school resource officer when a gunman entered the building in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018 and opened fire, killing 17 and wounding another 17.

Peterson never went inside while the shooting was underway, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and surveillance video.

Peterson, 60, was charged in 2019 with 11 criminal charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury, carrying a combined maximum prison sentence

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