Officer acquitted in Parkland shooting case says he’d “love to talk” to victims’ families

>>> JUST MOMENTS AGO, THIS MAN, SCOT PETERSON WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY FOR NOT TAKING ACTION DURING THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO. HE CONTINUES TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION. >> THIS WAS A MASSACRE ON FEBRUARY 14th. THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME WAS THAT MONSTER. IT WASN’T ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT, NO ONE ON THE SCENE, EVERYONE DID THE BEST THEY COULD. WE DID THE BEST WOE COULD WITH THE INFORMATION WOE HAD. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FAMILIES NOW? I KNOW IT IS EMOTIONAL FOR THEM TOO. DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE

TO THEM? >> YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD TELL THE FAMILIES, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO THEM. I HAVE NO PROBLEM CALLING MARK, SAYING HEY, WE WANT TO TALK, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EVERYTHING, I’M THERE. I WULD HAVE BEEN THERE FROM DAY ONE. SO I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. WITH THEY NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT OCCURRED, AND NOT ONLY MY ACTIONS BUT WHAT OCCURRED, I’M THERE FOR THEM. WE HAVE MOURNED WITH THEM FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS. I WOULD HAVE GONE OVER AND HUGGED

THEM AND SAID I’M SORRY. BUT MAYBE THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE FEELING AT THIS POINT. MAYBE NOW, MAYBE THEY WILL GET A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING BUT I WILL BE THERE FOR THEM. I WILL BE THERE FOR THEM. HOW COULD

I NOT? >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PROSECUTION? >> I WILL LET MARK TALK ABOUT THAT. >> WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME TODAY. >> A VERY EMOTIONAL SCOT PETERSON REACTING TO THE NOT GUILTY VERDICT RETURNED TO HIM. SAYING HE CONTINUES TO RELIVE THE MOMENTS OF TRAGEDY AND HE MOURNS ALONG SIDE T