Last night it was reported that Scott Israel’s deputy Scot Peterson who was on duty as a security officer at the Parkland high school hid as the Nikolas Cruz shooting took place. Turns out it wasn’t just Peterson. There were a grand total of FOUR Scott Israel deputies who decided to hide and wait the shooting out as it was happening. Broward County truly is Coward County.
| Not One — But FOUR Broward Co. Deputies hid outside during Stoneman Douglas shooting |
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According to a report by CNN’s Jake Tapper, four Broward County deputies waited outside of Stoneman Douglas High School while shooter Nikolas Cruz took the lives of 17 students and staff members inside.
Sheriff Scott Israel revealed on Thursday that the school resource officer on duty, Deputy Scot Peterson, “never went in” the school even though it was “clear” there was a shooting going on, but CNN’s new reporting reveals there were three other deputies who reported to the scene shortly thereafter also failed to enter the school and attempt to engage Cruz.
The report states that when Coral Springs police officers arrived on the scene, the four deputies were crouched behind their vehicles with their guns drawn and had not yet entered the school.