Witnesses to Parkland massacre describe their confusion in pinpointing gunshots' location

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A sheriff's deputy, teachers and students, testifying during the trial of former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, gave divergent answers when asked where they thought the shots were coming from during Nikolas Cruz's Feb. 14, 2018, attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Student Ruby Harris, who had exited a neighboring building, thought the shots from Cruz's AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle were coming from straight ahead from a parking lot behind the 1200 building. Prosecutors pointed out that even though Goolsby didn't precisely know where the shots were coming from, he kept moving toward the sounds, looking in one building's windows to see if the shots were coming from there — something they have pointed out Peterson could have done at the 1200 building to find Cruz. For 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.” 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.