While one police officer has already come under fire for not entering the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to confront the shooter on Feb. 14, reports indicate there were others who remained outside the building as well.
At least two other law enforcement officers remained outside the building alongside school resource officer Scot Peterson, sources told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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The officers waited behind their vehicles with their weapons drawn, CNN reports. When Coral Springs police officers arrived and subsequently entered the building, the other officers reportedly did not enter the building alongside them.
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It is remains unclear if the shooter had already left the building when the officers arrived.
On Thursday, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel announced that Peterson had resigned after being suspended. Israel said he decided to suspend Peterson after viewing a video that showed the deputy’s actions during the rampage that killed 17 people.
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“What I saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of Building 12, take up a position and he never went in,” said Israel. The building is popularly known as “the freshman building.”
Israel said he would not release the video that shows Peterson’s actions at this time and may never do so, “depending on the prosecution and criminal case.”
Israel said that he is investigating the reports.
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‘If our investigation shows that our deputies made no mistakes or did things right, or it’s not corroborated, there will be no issue,’ Israel told the Sun Sentinel.
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‘If we find out, as we did with Peterson, that our deputies made mistakes and didn’t go in, I’ll handle it like I always have. I’ll handle any violations of policy or procedures or whatever accordingly.’
A former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, is accused of carrying out the attack with an AR-15-style assault weapon.
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