– Search warrants served on a Virginia couple and three associates, accused of taking financial advantage of the brother of the Parkland school shooter, tie back to Zachary Cruz’s inheritance, according to ABC affiliate WHSV in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They arrived at the building a minute later.STAUNTON, Va. Security videos show that 36 seconds after Cruz’s attack began, Peterson exited his office about 100 yards (92 meters) from the 1200 building and jumped into a cart with two unarmed civilian security guards. To those who have tried to make this political, I say: It is not political to expect someone to do their job.” “They have a special role and responsibilities that exceed the role and responsibilities of a police officer. Pryor and the prosecutor’s office said in a statement after the verdict. “As parents, we have an expectation that armed school resource officers – who are under contract to be caregivers to our children – will do their jobs when we entrust our children to them and the schools they guard,” Broward State Attorney Harold F. Peterson, who did not testify, has said that because of echoes, he could not pinpoint the shooter’s location.Įiglarsh also emphasized the failure of the sheriff’s radio system during the attack, which limited what Peterson heard from arriving deputies. Peterson’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, during his two-day presentation, called several deputies who arrived during the shooting and students and teachers who testified they did not think the shots were coming from the 1200 building. Prosecutors also called a training supervisor who testified Peterson did not follow protocols for confronting an active shooter.
Some said they knew for certain that the shots were coming from the 1200 building. Prosecutors, during their two-week presentation, called to the witness stand students, teachers and law enforcement officers who testified about the horror they experienced and how they knew where Cruz was. He also could have lost his $104,000 annual pension. He could have received nearly 100 years in prison, although a sentence even approaching that length would have been highly unlikely given the circumstances and his clean record.
The campus deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Peterson had been charged with failing to confront shooter Nikolas Cruz during his six-minute attack inside a three-story 1200 classroom building on Feb. Members of the prosecution team then nudged Killoran out of the courtroom. Killoran turned and snapped at him, “Way to be a good winner” and slapped him on the shoulder. One of his supporters chased after lead prosecutor Chris Killoran and said something. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.Īfter court adjourned, Peterson, his family and friends rushed into a group hug as they whooped, hollered and cried. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.įormer Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read.
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(AP) - A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S.
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