Five years after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, former school resource officer Scot Peterson was found not guilty on all counts. Peterson, 60, was facing child neglect and other charges that could have given him up to 96 years in prison.
Peterson was the only armed officer at the school when the shooter opened fire, but he stood outside the building during the attack. After the shooting, he was forced to retire from his position for not protecting the students.
“I got my life back,” said Peterson, after the verdict. “We’ve got our life back. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster for so long.”
Daniela Zulueta is pursuing her master’s degree in global strategic communications and graduated from FIU with a bachelor’s degree in digital broadcasting in 2023. She also holds an associate’s degree in journalism from Miami Dade College. Zulueta loves the city of Miami and aims to share the stories of the citizens who live here and all over the world. Zulueta runs a social media platform called @Lifestyle_Miami where she works with local businesses and does community-based work. She had a paid internship with Televisa Univisión as a Step Producer and worked as a stage manager at NBC6 South Florida & Telemundo51. Now, she is part of cohort 8 and has a fellowship at the FIU Ratcliffe where she can work on branding herself and post-production of a podcast called Tech Conversations.
