A jury has acquitted the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, finding him not guilty on all counts.
Prosecutors accused Peterson, a 30-year veteran of the Broward Sheriff's Office, of making a false statement, claiming that he did not hear gunshots.Scot Peterson reacts to the verdict in the courtroom on June 29, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"When the defendant ran, he left behind an unrestricted killer who spent the next four minutes and 15 seconds wandering the halls at his leisure. Because when Scot Peterson ran, he left them in a building with a predator unchecked," she said. Mark Eiglarsh, Peterson's attorney, argued that his client was being made a "sacrificial lamb." Eiglarsh said in closing arguments that Peterson couldn't accurately detect where the gunshots came from and neither could several other students and teachers.ABC News, POOL
"This whole hearing-based prosecution is flawed and offensive," Eiglarsh said in front of the jurors. "He was damned no matter what."The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the high school, was sentenced to life in prison last year after pleading guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder.ABC News' Meredith Deliso contributed to this report.
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