Former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson found not guilty
Jacqueline Quynh reports a Broward jury has acquitted former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson on all counts.
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Jacqueline Quynh reports a Broward jury has acquitted former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson on all counts.
A Broward jury has acquitted former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson on all counts.
Jurors have reached a unanimous not guilty verdict in the trial of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson.
Peterson is accused of felony child neglect for not going into the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School building as the 2018 massacre was taking place.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to eleven counts related to his alleged inaction during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Jacqueline Quynh reports deliberations resumed Wednesday morning in the trial of the former school resource officer Scot Peterson who stayed outside during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Jacqueline Quynh reports prosecutors say Peterson ignored his training and common sense and chose to do nothing as 17 people, including 14 students, were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Scot Peterson has pleaded not guilty to eleven counts related to his alleged inaction during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to eleven counts related to his alleged inaction during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Peterson is a former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Teri Hornstein reports Peterson is a former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A jury will resume deliberating the fate of former school resource officer Scot Peterson on Tuesday.
A jury will resume deliberating the fate of former school resource officer Scot Peterson on Tuesday.
Jurors are now deliberating the fate of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson who is on trial for his actions during the 2018 mass shooting at the Broward campus.
Jurors are now deliberating the fate of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer Scot Peterson who is on trial for his actions during the 2018 mass shooting at the Broward campus.
Peterson is charged for his alleged inaction to stop the gunman in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre
Scot Peterson is charged with eleven counts, including seven of child neglect and three of culpable negligence for his alleged inaction to stop the gunman in a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
The defense rested Friday in the trial of former Parkland, Florida, school resource officer Scot Peterson without calling him to the stand. Closing arguments are scheduled for 9:15 a.m. Monday.
Jacqueline Quynh reports Peterson, a former Broward sheriff's deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, is accused of failing to act and protect the lives of students and teachers during the February 14th, 2018 massacre.
Jacqueline Quynh reports Peterson is facing felony child neglect and other charges for his alleged failure to confront school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
The veteran detective who led the investigation into the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre wept on the witness stand Wednesday, saying the school's assigned deputy could have prevented the deaths of some of the 17 people murdered if he had charged into a building instead of taking cover.
Sunrise Police Lt. Craig Cardinale testified he opened the door of the 1200 building and saw bodies 25 feet away
Sunrise Police Lt. Craig Cardinale said he and other officers went to the door that Deputy Scot Peterson had gotten within 10 yards of minutes earlier and could see and smell gunpowder smoke.
Scot Peterson's face went "blank" as shots rang out from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School building five years ago and he did not appear to grasp that a gunman was inside killing 17 people, a former security supervisor testified during the deputy's trial Tuesday.
A former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy didn't follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn't confront the killer who murdered 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a former training commander testified Thursday.
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