How Officials Say Scot Peterson Failed During the Parkland Shooting - News Summed Up

How Officials Say Scot Peterson Failed During the Parkland Shooting


[Read more: The deputy who stayed outside during the Parkland school shooting is charged.] The gunman in the massacre killed 17 students, teachers and staff, and wounded 17 others. Mr. Peterson, who was the only armed guard on campus, was charged on Tuesday with seven counts of felony neglect of a child for not doing more to protect students. Here’s what officials said Mr. Peterson failed to do:He didn’t go into the building during the shooting or investigate the source of the gunfire. Mr. Peterson had been trained that officers responding to an active shooter must “immediately go to confront the shooter” and “move directly and quickly toward known threat.”


Source: New York Times June 04, 2019 22:52 UTC



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