Armed Sheriff's Deputy 'Never Went In' During Florida Shooting (oops)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The only armed security guard on campus during a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school last week "never went in" to a building to try to take down the shooting suspect, Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County said at a news conference on Thursday.
Scot Peterson, a sheriff's deputy, resigned on Thursday after Mr. Israel placed him under an internal affairs investigation for failing to meet the standards of the sheriff's office. Two other deputies, Edward Eason and Guntis Treijs, have been placed on restricted duty while the department investigates their handling of reports about the gunman well before last week's rampage.
Police protocol requires confronting shooting suspects as quickly as possible. Mr. Peterson should have "went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer," Sheriff Israel said at a news conference in Fort Lauderdale.