Testimonies in Scot Peterson trial shed light on Parkland massacre response.

A police officer who rushed into a high school building during the 2018 Parkland shooting testified that a sheriff’s deputy outside confirmed that the shooter was upstairs. The former Broward County deputy, Scot Peterson, is on trial for failing to confront the shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Peterson arrived at the building with his gun drawn 73 seconds before the shooter reached the third floor. Peterson took cover 75 feet away in the alcove of a neighboring building, his gun drawn. He didn’t leave his spot for about 40 minutes. Peterson is charged with failing to confront the shooter before he reached the building’s third floor, where he killed six people.