![]() ![]() brother, Sidney Bailey sisters, Virginia Chambliss, Mary Flynn, Polks Harbin six grandchildren nine great-grandchildren. Survivors: husband, George sons, Robert, Timothy R., both of Orlando daughter, Rosa T. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. Born in Tunica, Miss., she moved to Central Florida in 1965. ROSA BAILEY ARNS, 81, Masters Boulevard, Orlando, died Wednesday, Aug. Cloud brothers, Scott, Brian, both of Kissimmee sisters, Amanda, Tucson, Ariz., Terry Lynne, North Carolina, Mary Lewis, St. Born in Canada, she moved to Central Florida in 1995. REBECCA LYNNE ANDREWS, 22, Indiana Avenue, St. Postell’s Mortuary Pine Hills Chapel, Orlando. Survivors: daughter, Hipolita, Orlando two grandchildren. She was a member of ALFA & OMEGA Pentecostal Church. Born in San Loreso, Puerto Rico, she moved to Central Florida in 1998. None have been charged, however.Ĭruz, 24, pleaded guilty and last year received a life sentence, avoiding a death sentence when his jury could not unanimously agree he deserved execution.FILOMENA ALVERIO, 91, 633 Lake Dot Circle, Orlando, died Friday, Aug. Similarly, Texas authorities are investigating officers in the town of Uvalde who didn’t confront the shooter who killed 19 elementary students and two teachers last year. law enforcement officer ever charged for an alleged failure to act during a school shooting. If jurors find Peterson was a caregiver, they must determine whether he made a “reasonable effort” to protect the children or failed to provide necessary care. Michael DeVita, who then oversaw the Parkland district, testified that he wrote several memos before the shooting complaining about radio coverage near the school, but the problem was never fixed.įor Peterson to be convicted of child neglect, prosecutors must first show he was legally a caregiver to the juvenile students, defined by Florida law as “a parent, adult household member or other person responsible for a child’s welfare.” One of Peterson’s defenses is that the sheriff’s radio system crashed during the shooting because it was overloaded, limiting his knowledge of what arriving deputies saw. ![]() He added that he couldn’t see the shooter but thought the shooter could see him. It sounded like 30 or 40 feet (10 to 12 meters) away,” Kratz said. He grabbed his rifle and took cover behind his car, scanning for the shooter as the shots kept coming. Testifying Thursday for the defense, Deputy Michael Kratz said when he arrived at the school about two minutes after the gunfire began, he thought the shots were coming from the football field next to where he had parked - about 100 yards (90 meters) from the actual building. ![]() Prosecutors have spent the trial’s first week calling to the witness stand students, teachers and law enforcement officers who have testified about the horror they experienced and how they knew where Cruz was. He retired shortly after the shooting and was then fired retroactively. He had spent nearly three decades working at schools, including nine years at Stoneman Douglas. If Peterson is convicted of the most serious charge of felony child neglect, he could be sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison and lose his $104,000 annual pension. Peterson is not charged in connection with the deaths of 11 people killed on the first floor before he reached the building. He is charged with child neglect for failing to confront Cruz before the gunman reached the classroom building’s third floor, where six of the victims died. What Peterson, 60, heard and saw during the shooting is the key issue in the trial. That policy has since been changed to “shall.” He also agreed that the sheriff’s office’s written policy in 2018 said deputies “may” enter a building during an active shooting. Under cross-examination by Peterson’s attorney, Samaroo conceded that in training scenarios, the deputies know in which building the fake shooter is located and they are never confronted with multiple possibilities or any outside echoes. That’s why deputies must go toward the gunshots immediately and “force an outcome,” he said. He said deputies are taught that active shooters, if confronted, will kill or barricade themselves, surrender, or engage authorities in a gunfight, giving civilians time to flee or take shelter. ![]() Samaroo worked at the agency’s training unit from 2013 to 2018, and was ultimately made its commander. He said Peterson was taught that even if he was alone, he would need to confront the shooter without waiting for backup. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward County Lt. (AP) - A former Florida sheriff’s deputy didn’t follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn’t confront the killer who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school, a former training commander testified Thursday.įormer Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson had undergone training both in a video simulator and with live actors several times before the Feb. ![]()
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