Trial begins for Parkland school resource officer who stayed outside during shooting

The former Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year's Parkland school massacre was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his actions, prosecutorThe trial of Scot Peterson began Wednesday, as jurors heard opening statements about whether the former school resource officer reacted appropriately when he remained outside a Parkland, Florida, high school while 17 people were gunned down five years ago,Peterson's attorney argued his client could not discern...

But when Peterson arrived on the scene, with gunfire erupting inside the school's 1200 building, he took a position, Klinger said, in an alcove between the nearby 700 and 800 buildings. But the 60-year-old, who retired as criticism of his alleged failure mounted, has maintained he did nothing wrong. Peterson has said he didn't enter the unfolding scene of carnage in the school's 1200 building because he couldn't tell where the gunshots were coming from.The defense has 22 witnesses who will testify they, too, were confused about the location of the gunfire, defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said in his own opening statement.

"What we have here is a man with a decorated history of serving the community for 32 years, and in literally four minutes and 15 seconds, they're claiming he became a criminal," Eiglarsh said. In a blow to both the state and the defense, the judge last week ruled jurors will not make a trip to the scene of the shooting, as the jury in the shooter's trial did, CNN affiliate WPLG reported. Eiglarsh wanted the jury to see the exterior of the 1200 building, which has been preserved pending the trials of the shooter and Peterson, while prosecutors had wanted jurors to see the building's interior, too.

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