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Rafael Olmeda

Ex-school deputy found not guilty of all charges in Parkland mass shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, the only person other than the gunman to face charges in the 2018 Parkland massacre, accused of failing to rush into the building to confront the mass shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, has been found not guilty on all charges.

Peterson wept openly as verdicts were read.

Peterson, 60, had facedwith six counts of child neglect with great bodily harm, one count of child neglect without great harm, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.

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