Scot Peterson, The Cop who hid during Parkland school shooting to go on trial for neglect

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The Florida school cop who hid during the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland will go on trial for negligence, a judge has ruled.

Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, 58, will stand trial on child negligence charges for allegedly cowering outside the school while 17 people — including 14 students — were gunned down inside on Feb. 14, 2018.

Footage from the day of the mass shooting shows Peterson ducking behind a wall outside the school as the shots rang out inside.

He was fired the following year for neglecting his duty and was later arrested and charged.

In court this week, he told the judge that he did the best he could at the time.

“I didn’t do anything there to try to hurt any child there on the scene,” Peterson pleaded. “I did the best that I could with the information.”