A former sheriff’s deputy has gone on trial charged with failing to protect students when a gunman opened fire in 2018 at a school in Parkland, Florida.
Scot Peterson was the on-duty police officer during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
He is the first US officer charged with failing to respond to a school shooting, says the National Association of School Resource Officers.
The 60-year-old could receive up to 97 years in prison.
