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BREAKING: School Officer Avoided Confronting Gunman For 4-6 Minutes While Students Were Slaughtered

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Feb 22, 2018 DailyWire.com

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On Thursday, the Broward County sheriff said that the school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School avoided the building where an 18-year-old gunman slaughtered 17 students.

JUST IN: Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer “never went in” to freshman building amid deadly Parkland shooting; “He should have went in. Addressed the killer. Killed the killer.”
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 22, 2018

Marc Caputo, a journalist for Politico’s Florida Bureau, further noted details from the news conference where Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel was speaking.

The armed school resource officer at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School responded to the shooting BUT NEVER WENT IN for “upward or 4 minutes” while the gunmen killed people, said Sheriff Scott Israel.
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) February 22, 2018

“Never went in” Sheriff said. Officer “clearly” could hear gunfire
Sheriff: “Devastated.Sick to my stomach. There are no words.These families lost their children. We lost coaches. I’ve been to the funerals. I’ve been to the homes where they sit in shiva. I’ve been to the vigils”
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) February 22, 2018

“Sheriff Scott Israel said Officer Scott Peterson failed by waiting outside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS building for about 4 of 6 minutes while [the shooter] killed 17 people,” wrote Caputo in a follow-up tweet. “What should Peterson have done[?] Israel [replied]: ‘Went in. Addressed the killer. Killed the killer.'”

WATCH:

JUST IN: Broward Sheriff says armed school resource deputy who was on duty at Stoneman Douglas the day of the shooting has been suspended without pay pending investigation; Sheriff Israel says the deputy opted to resign/retire. pic.twitter.com/FucZj0Djcc
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) February 22, 2018

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