HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — As bullets ricocheted and bodies fell in the hallways and classrooms at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, Deputy Scot Peterson was outside the building. Instead of storming in after the 19-year-old gunman, he retreated to a position of safety. [Update: Scot Peterson appeared in court on Wednesday. Read the latest story and the three steps he is accused of missing .] For more than a year after the February 2018 attack in Parkland, Fla., grieving parents have demanded that Mr. Peterson — along with the gunman who killed 17 and injured 17 — be held accountable in what would prove to be one of the nation's worst school shootings. On Tuesday, law enforcement responded with a sweeping list of charges that resulted in Mr. Peterson's arrest. His alleged crime: failing to protect the students. America's long history of mass shootings have brought a variety of responses: Calls for tighter gun laws, civil lawsuits against companies that manufacture guns and firearm components, collective mourning. But Tuesday's charges represented a highly unusual case of a lawman arrested for failing to save lives. Around Parkland, whose politically engaged students helped launch a national student movement for more gun… Read full this story
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