 Ballistics experts reenacted the deadliest school shooting in American history on Friday. The reenactment took place over five years after a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and shot and killed 17 students and staff members. The building has remained standing and largely unchanged since the shooting on February 14, 2018. Its hallways are still filled with bullet holes, blood splatters, shattered glass, and old Valentine's Day decorations from five years ago. The site was also briefly toured by the jury during the criminal trial against shooter Nikolas Cruz. Nine members of Congress and others enter to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Picture: AP) Demolition of the building is scheduled to begin immediately after the reenactment has finished. The shooting is being re-examined as part of a civil lawsuit against former school resource officer Scot Peterson, who failed to go inside the school building as the mass shooting took place. Peterson was eventually acquitted on criminal charges of child neglect and culpable negligence. However, he still faces a civil suit brought by the families of the victims and survivors. Peterson contends that from his position, he could not hear where the shots were coming from. Scot Peterson cries after a jury finds him not guilty of child neglect and culpable negligence (Picture: via REUTERS) 'Two dozen witnesses came in here one by one and told you they couldn't tell from the sounds precisely what area we're talking about,' his criminal defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said. Plaintiffs are hoping that a reenactment will disprove this. Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips granted the plaintiffs permission to stage the reenactment, which they intend to submit as evidence through audio and visual recordings. Judge Phillips has not confirmed whether she will allo){kind=link}
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Ballistics experts reenacted the deadliest school shooting in American history on Friday.
The reenactment took place over five years after a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and shot and killed 17 students and staff members.
The building has remained standing and largely unchanged since the shooting on February 14, 2018. Its hallways are still filled with bullet holes, blood splatters, shattered glass, and old Valentine’s Day decorations from five years ago.
The site was also briefly toured by the jury during the criminal trial against shooter Nikolas Cruz.