After four days of deliberation, former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson was found not guilty on all 11 charges related to the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Peterson, who was the only armed school resource officer on campus when the shooting started, was charged with child neglect and other counts in connection with the deaths and injuries on an upper floor of the building. After the verdict was read, Peterson was sobbing in court and spoke to the court, saying, "Don't anybody ever forget this was a massacre on February 14."
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Scot Peterson, a former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy, is set to stand trial next week for his failure to confront the gunman responsible for the Parkland High School shooting in 2018. Peterson was assigned to the school at the time of the shooting and has been charged with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence, and one count of perjury. The trial will provide Peterson with the opportunity to explain his actions during the six-minute massacre which resulted in the death of 14 students and 3 staff members.