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A former Florida cop who hid during the deadly 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has been found not guilty on all 11 counts against him.
Scot Peterson, 60, who worked as a resource officer at the school for the Broward County’s Sheriff’s Office, broke down in tears Thursday as the verdict was read.
He had been hit with seven counts of neglect of a child, along with three culpable negligence raps and a perjury charge.
Gunman Nikolas Cruz slaughtered 17 students, teachers and staff members with an AR-15 assault rifle in one of the worst mass shootings in the nation’s history.
