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Ex-Deputy on Trial for Failing to Confront Parkland Shooter

  • A police officer testified that a former Broward County sheriff's deputy confirmed the Parkland shooter was upstairs during the 2018 shooting.
  • The former deputy, Scot Peterson, is on trial for failing to confront the shooter who killed 17 people.
  • Peterson arrived at the building 73 seconds before the shooter reached the third floor but took cover 75 feet away and didn't leave for about 40 minutes.
  • Peterson is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect, and if convicted, he could face up to 100 years in prison.
  • Peterson claimed he did not go inside because he did not know where the gunshots were coming from.
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