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Trial begins for deputy accused of inaction in US school shooting

Former high school resource officer Scot Peterson is accused of seeking shelter rather than confronting a gunman who killed 17 people [File: Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Pool]

Prosecutors in the United States have delivered opening arguments in a case against a former sheriff’s deputy who allegedly failed to intervene in 2018 when a gunman attacked a high school in Parkland, Florida.

Scot Peterson, a former school resource officer for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, faces 11 criminal charges, including child neglect and culpable negligence, as a result of his behaviour. He has pleaded not guilty.

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