An armed deputy was outside Florida school when rampage took place but chose not to confront the shooter

An armed sheriff's deputy tasked with protecting students at a Florida high school waited outside during last week's shooting massacre that killed 17 people inside, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Scot Peterson, who was assigned to the school as a resource office, did not enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting, but instead decided to take position outside the school as the gunman walked the halls, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a news conference.

"He never went in," Israel said.

When asked what Peterson should have done, Israel said the deputy should have "went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer."

 Source : latimes