It’s been two months since the fatal mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., but it was just Friday when The New York Times posted a new piece headlined, “Parkland Gunman Was Still Firing When Police Arrived on a Gruesome Scene.”
Less than a minute after a sheriff’s deputy screamed into his police radio that shots had been fired at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, backup arrived to help — so quickly that the sound of active gunfire could still be heard, according to newly released police accounts of the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.
The firsthand police accounts released Friday by the sheriff’s office in Broward County make clear that the gunman was still carrying out his rampage as law enforcement officers started swarming into the school — yet he managed to slip away undetected. The accused gunman, a former student named Nikolas Cruz, was arrested about an hour later, walking down a residential street about two miles away.
Politico’s Marc Caputo said it sounded like there was a training problem with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office when it came to active shooter protocols:
So a total of FOUR Broward sheriffs cops onscene heard gunfire, didn’t go in
All facts aren’t out yet, but this appears as if there was a training problem w/@browardsheriff re active shooter protocols
You fight like you train. You play like you practicehttps://t.co/UeLR36gfrc pic.twitter.com/MMrsqVOKkI
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
That got the attention of Sheriff Scott Israel’s son, Brett:
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985180634699255810
And that got the attention of Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed in the shooting.
6 on the 3rd may have lived if anyone had gone in. But hey, let’s insult the press, while we are waiting for that report. https://t.co/BIaU7P9znV
— Ryan Petty (@rpetty) April 14, 2018
? Context: father of a child murdered at Parkland responds to son of the sheriff whose agency where at least one cop failed to do his job during the mass shooting ? https://t.co/kJj0adFV6c
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985180754803118081
1 cop sounded as if he got it right there. And these 4? Well, as I said, all the facts aren’t out and it seems as if there’s a training problem if 4 didn’t engage
But that’s applying logical inference with qualifiers.
It’s not making a “false report.” Calling it such is false
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985218191373881347
The report from @PatriciaMazzei is based on the documents released from YOUR DAD’s agency.
So are you asking why we should trust YOUR DAD’s agency, @browardsheriff? Well, that’s certainly an interesting perspective
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
While we’the at it, I like to see you respond to @rpetty https://t.co/Wd8cQyn5dp
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
For some reason, @brett_israel just got real silent. Maybe he’s calming down now that he got some perspective.
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/sunsentinello_1/status/985222637528993793
No. Sheriff Israel is smarter than that. And I don’t begrudge a son defending his dad, but he’s too angry to see it was a legitimate potential criticism aimed at the agency.
We’ll see.
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/sunsentinello_1/status/985223684318224385
Especially because he just drew so much more attention to the story, a bunch of National folks have seen the exchanges and now more will be talking about that which angered him.
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
That wasn’t the end of it, though:
I guess he’s done calling me Marcus
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985238174984228865
Lol. Maybe you missed this? Maybe you’re a little shellshocked right now from everyone on the left, right and center being critical of you?https://t.co/td4SfapNEL
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985239904266235904
Israel did respond to Petty’s tweet:
https://twitter.com/brett_israel/status/985222433090293771
So we’ve got a Politico reporter fighting with Sheriff Israel’s son over a report in The New York Times … but what we really want is Part 2 of CNN’s town hall on the shooting with a repeat appearance from Sheriff Israel, now that some of the actual facts of the case are available.
Related:
Meet the hero Coral Springs PD cop who ran toward the sound of gunfire, unarmed https://t.co/RBIA7IqsEH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 24, 2018
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