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| Parkland: former police deputy arrested over failure to confront school shooter | |
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| Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland school shooting has been arrested on 11 charges. | Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland school shooting has been arrested on 11 charges. |
| State attorney Mike Satz announced on Tuesday that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges. Peterson, then a Broward county deputy, was on duty during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside. | State attorney Mike Satz announced on Tuesday that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges. Peterson, then a Broward county deputy, was on duty during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside. |
| Satz says the charges carry a combined prison sentence of nearly 100 years. Peterson’s bail was set at $102,000. | Satz says the charges carry a combined prison sentence of nearly 100 years. Peterson’s bail was set at $102,000. |
| A Peterson lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | A Peterson lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. |
| Nikolas Cruz, 20, faces the death penalty if convicted of killing 17 people and wounding 17 others in the attack. He has offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors have refused that offer. | Nikolas Cruz, 20, faces the death penalty if convicted of killing 17 people and wounding 17 others in the attack. He has offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors have refused that offer. |
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