Florida authorities today released security footage appearing to confirm that an ex-deputy failed to take action during last month's school shooting massacre that left 17 people dead.
The surveillance video shows Scot Peterson, whom President Donald Trump dubbed a "coward" in the attack's aftermath, arriving at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but standing outside rather than entering.
The images do not show the carnage that Nikolas Cruz, 19, carried out with an assault rifle.
But they do expose the 54-year-old Peterson's failure to respond, authorities say.
"The video speaks for itself," the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.
"We welcomed the court's decision to release the video of Deputy Scot Peterson's actions on February 14," the office's statement said, saying the ex-officer's "actions were enough to warrant an internal affairs investigation."
"After being suspended without pay, Peterson chose to resign and immediately retired rather than face possible termination."
Following Israel's comments, President Donald Trump attacked the deputy by name the next day, saying he either froze or was a "coward."
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