will prove there s no way that scott peterson did not know where the gunfire was coming from the day of the shooting. back in june, peterson was found not guilty on criminal charges for his inaction after his attorneys argued that peterson took cover outside of the 1200 building because he thought there was more than one shooter and he could not tell where the sound of gunfire was coming from. the re-enactment is part of a civil lawsuit against peterson and others including the broward county sheriff s office. now before the re-enactment took place, nine members of congress made up of democrats and republicans toured the 1200 building with some of the family members. they got a look at the three floors where 17 students and staff members were killed and 17 others were hurt in 2018. we re told that the building remains exactly the same as the day of the shooting. now, after the tour, the lawmakers met with the families to discuss school safety
we re told that the building remains exactly the same as the day of the shooting. after the tour the lawmakers met with the families to discuss school safety legislation and increasing funding for mental health services and its school resource officers. here now is south florida congressman jared moskowicz, a graduate of marjorie stoneman douglas here in florida. there s nothing more powerful than visualizing what happened in that building, and i m hoping that it breaks the walls down and we figure out where we can mitigate this from happening not just? schools but in communities with an understanding there s going to be disagreements and things that i want done, that they will do and there s things that they want done that i won t do but
taking place. now before this reenactment takes place, they are going to get a tour of the 1200 building. they are going to get a look at the three floors where this shooting took police. the classroom, the hallways, where these 17 students and staff members were killed back in 2018, and 17 others were wounded. now just last week, some of the parkland families were up in washington, d.c. and they were lob big some of these very same lawmakers for a school safety legislation as well as more funding for mental health services as well as school resource officers. here now is max shakter, his son was one of the victims killed. he talked to us yesterday about the importance of today s congressional visit as well as the reenactment. if we don t use this building to teach others and to educate and use it to prevent the next
argued that peterson did not go inside of the 1200 building because he thought there was more than one shooter and did not know exactly where the sound of gunfire was coming from. now, before the reenactment got under way earlier today, nine members of congress, democrats and republicans, they toured the 1200 building along side some of the family members. they all got a look at the three floors where the 17 students and staff members were killed and 17 others were hurt in that shooting in 2018. now, after that tour, the lawmakers met with several of the family members to discuss school safety improvements, including a piece of a school safety legislation as well as securing ing additional funding mental health services and school resource officers. here now is south florida congresswoman jared moscowits.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed school safety legislation into law June 21 and recognized the investment of more than $230 million to strengthen safety at public and