The school resource officer forced to resign after he failed to engage the shooter during the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has broken his silence. Scot Peterson, 55, told The Washington Post that coping with the mass shooting, which left 17 people dead and 17 others injured, and his failure to mitigate the attack has been “haunting” him. “I’ve cut that day up a thousand ways with a million different what-if scenarios, but the bottom line is I was there to protect, and I lost 17,” Peterson told The Post. He resigned as Stoneman Douglas high school’s armed resource officer in late February after videos showed he did not enter the school during the shooting. “I’m getting on the radio to call in the shooting,” Peterson told The Post, reliving his actions on that tragic day.

Source: Huffington Post June 04, 2018 15:33 UTC