A former Florida sheriff’s deputy, charged with felony child neglect and additional counts for failing to act during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school, has been acquitted of all charges.
Scot Peterson, a 60-year-old school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Feb. 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student, killed 14 students and three staff members.
Nikolas Cruz appears at a hearing in Fort Lauderdale Fla., on Dec. 10, 2019 (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
After the shooting, Cruz fled on foot by blending in with other students. He then went to a Walmart, where he purchased a drink at a Subway, before walking to a nearby McDonald’s. Video footage, shared by CNN, shows Cruz at the Subway, wearing a JROTC cap and T-shirt….