A former school security officer who failed to confront the gunman who killed 17 people in the 2018 Parkland school shooting has been found not guilty of child neglect.<br /><br />Scot Peterson, who was a Broward County sheriff’s deputy and worked as a resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, sobbed as the verdict was read out on Thursday 29 June.<br /><br />In 2019, he was charged with seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.<br /><br />Florida prosecutors had accused Mr Peterson of neglecting his training and his duty by failing to enter the school building while the gunman fired on students.
