Parkland: former police deputy arrested over failure to confront school shooter - The Guardian

Parkland: former police deputy arrested over failure to confront school shooter  The Guardian

Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland school shooting has been arrested on 11 charges. State attorney Mike Satz announced on Tuesday that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges. Peterson, then a Broward county deputy, was on duty during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside. Satz says the charges carry a combined prison sentence of nearly 100 years. Peterson’s bail was set at $102,000. A Peterson lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for com...

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Parkland: former police deputy arrested over failure to confront school shooter - The Guardian published June 05, 2019 at 03:00AM. Original Source Link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/04/parkland-police-deputy-arrested-florida-school-shooting-failure-confront-gunman

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