that officer, scott pederson is off the job now. he resigned when he was informed there was an internal investigation into his failures. the sheriff revealed as the shooting unfolded pederson who was armed stood outside the building and never went inside to confront the shooter as 17 people were killed. now people with loved ones who go toshocked. >> i don't understand why you cowered out of doing your job. >> maybe they could still be alive if he had gone inside and tried to stop something from happening. >> officers in our area vented on social media last night including this one who said this. you take the job knowing you can get shot and killed. outgunned, yep, but you're a little more prepared to fight back than a school of kids.ith chief in our area about what should have been done. and two officers under investigation as to how they handled previous calls to the suspect's home. and later today first responders on the scene of that florida school shooting will speak to the community in parkland. >> as investigators continue to

the inaction of scott pederson sparked discussion in south jersey where they were handing out awards for value lor. john, what kind of things did you hear tonight? they explained in the past that a single officer may have been waiting for reinforcement but mass shootings can be over in a few minutes, so the thinking is to move quickly and respond rapidly. the way we train, we are to neutralize the threat, neutralize the carnage. you are tasked with the job to save lives. the theory now is that if there is an armed officer he is to engage and not wait for back up, move fast and stop the gunman. >> if this was my agency, i would be ripping the guy. i would expect the person to do the right thing and go in. it could be their family member in that place. >> i can't imagine with anyone having the ability to save lives not doing so. that's the job is to save others. if you are not willing to do that, i can't understand why you would be doing this job. >> that was the consistent message from all three chiefs. it would be dangerous for a single officer to engage against an unknown assailant,

. >> i'm scott pederson. i i've been a police officer for in re: the years. >> scott pederson had worked at the school through about eight years. >> the number one job is to protect to hear he didn't go in is just- that's are your job that is what you signed up. >> a local union telling abc news pederson did a good job in terms of calling the exact location and getting upts out there but adding if first responders don't goo are go into the active shooter situations they have failed. >> that was victor reporting. the a's and giants are among major league baseball teams honors the victims and survivors of the shooting. a's wore the players with interlocking letters signifying marjorie stolenman douglas high. the caps will be auctioned off to benefit the funds. a 49ers player was after a los angeles precip school closed. here is the post that appeared on jonathan martin's instagram account it shows a rifle and ammunition saying when you're a bully victim and a coward your options are suicide or revenge. the post

this video is from a school board meeting in 2015, and it shows school resource deputy scott pederson. the sheriff says he was on campus, armed and in uniform but never went inside the school and he can't understand it. >> devastated, sick is my stomach. there are no words. >> the sheriff says he should have gone in, addressed the killer and killed the killer. students across the country and here in ow area are voicing their opinions following the school shooting in parkland. >> yeah, they want to know what lawmakers are doing to keep them safe in school. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live in westchester where high school students will hold a rally. and randy, this is movement that's growing. >> yeah, students here at west town school will join thousands of others across the country demanding action on gun violence. today the students will have a rally here at west town school featuring gun control activists, and even a demonstration against the nra. similar rallies have been popping up all over the country in the wake of the parkland shooting. in florida students rallied at the state

. >> one deputy scott pederson armed and in uniform clearly knew there was an active shooter but stayedn his position outside building 12. the video shows the deputy doing nothing for more than four minutes. >> trevor: while the shooting was happening, an armed deputy stayed outside the school doing nothing. that's heartbreaking. i don't know why that deputy failed to enter the school. i mean, personally, i wouldn't go into a high school, period. yeah. ( laughter ) like, one time i gave a motivational speech at a high school and a bunch of ninth graders called me apartheid mcdimples. it was brutal. ( laughter ) so i'm never going back. but you have to admit, what this deputy did was inexcusable, he blew off the basic purpose of his job. when people found this out, they didn't wait four minutes to go in on him. >> there's no one i talked to that is not disgusted that the local sheriff's deputy that was there did not go in and kill that individual. >> an armed guard appears to have really, really failed to do his job. >> the sheriff has to go. he has to resign. >> the deputy's actions wer

. >> on thursday, armed school resource officer deputy scott pederson resigned after accusations did he did nothing, rick scott is focusing on preventing another tragedy >> we have to make sure our schools are safe. law enforcement. harden the schools. we got to make sure we deal with fact that there are people out there that have mental illness issues, they shouldn't have access. >> reporter: rick scott is calling for an investigation into the response at the high school. governor is asking the florida department of law enforcement to investigate. in parkland florida, matt finn fox news. . >>> today at the lower merion area high school, students had the chance to talk with one of the survivors, fox 29 sabina kuriakose has the details. >> like as fast as we could, outside the school, outside of the building. and just never looked back. >> reporter: marjorie stoneman douglas high school jared block on video chat with group of students from the lower merion high school. jared, a cherry hill native told of his harrowing or deal hiding in a closet before swat team members broke down the d

. >> he of course is scott pederson the former broward county deputy who resigned after an investigation was launched into why an armed deputy who was also a school resource officer did not enter that school since the shooting happened. he hasn't said a word since his resignation. and police are guarding his home after he received multiple death threats. >>> stay with nbc 10 and the nbc 10 app for developments on the gun control debate and the school shooting investigation. we'll send alerts right to your smart phone. >>> police believe they've captured a man who sprayed a new jersey home with bullets killing a 10-year-old boy inside. the 18-year-old turned up a thousand miles away in pompano beach, florida. the prosecutor's office says a second person involved in wednesday's shooting remains on the run. the boy who died was at home when someone fired shots into the house. the boy died of a single gunshot wu wound. >>> and happening today the supreme court will take up a case. public worker unions march this weekend in center sit tee bring attention to their case. the justices will decid

this is video of scott pederson at a board meeting in 2015.shaffer said he was armed in uniform and standing outside the school last week as the armed shooter opened fire. school surveillance video shows the officer doing nothing when he should have addressed the killer and killed the killer. that's when utwhen officer says. the veteran officer resigned yesterday when he learned there was an internal investigation into his failures. again, he stood outside the school. >>> meantime teachers will return to the school today. >> in the aftermath of yet another school shooting the solution to keeping classrooms safe is dividing the nation. students are fueling the debate by taking action across the country. nbc 10's matt delucia live in our digital operations center. >> students in westchester will join thousands of young people across the country demanding action on gun violence. today the high school students will hold a rally on campus with gun control activists and demonstration against the nra. in florida students rallied at the state capitol

when the gunfire began there was one person on campus with a gun, school resource deputy scott pederson. the sheriff says pederson arrived as the shooting was occurring. and stood outside for four minutes. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of the building 12, take up a position. and he never went in. >> pederson has since resigned but the sheriff says the investigation into his actions will continue. both of the nation's largest teacher union say they overwhelmingly reject the idea of arming staff. saying what students need are more books and counselors not more guns. abc news, new york. >>> oakland unified school district is opposed to arming employees and looking at other ways to protect students. here is abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> teachers won't be arming themselves in oakland. >> that's trish gor up of the oejd educators association rei it rating what people said. what they potter is better bays to keep students stave. >> there is more interest in working restoratively and working with teachers and staff. and argument them doesn't seem within the remany

reporter: well, john, first i can tell you at least the one armed broward county sheriff's deputy scott pederson stayed outside that school even though he knew there was an active shooter inside that school. deputy pederson was outside that school building for about four minutes. the school shooting took about six minutes in all. three other broward county sheriff's deputies were also outside that school building. they didn't go inside thatch they were hiding behind their cars. it's important to note we don't know if the school shooter was still inside, but we do know they never entered the building, those other deputies. this is coming from sources at the coral springs police department, and we should point out it was the coral springs officers who were first to go inside that building. >> and you also have new reporting about the tip the fbi received before the shooting. >> reporter: yeah, this was a major red flag that went nowhere. that came in january 5th, and this tipster who called in it warning the fbi that the teen was about to explode or close to exploding. the female tipster spoke of

. >>> meanwhile an attorney for scott pederson finally speaking out on why the sheriff ease deputy never went inside the school to confront the gun man. he thought gunfire was coming from inside. his lawyer said he it was patently untrue that the department failed to meet standard or acting with coward difficulties. he has declined to comment. >>> president said he would have charged right into that florida high school touring the deadly shooting. he was saying that the nation 's governors. he would have shown courage. >> you don't know until you are tested i really believe would i run into, even if i didn't have a weapon. the president, told our nation 's governors he would like to beef up background checks, arm with some teaches sers and increase access to mental health resources and ban bump stocks. >>> people are traveling near and far to pay their last respects to reverend billy graham. he have is lying in repose at billy graham library any charlotte, north carolina today is the last chance for public to pay their respects. thousands office people packed through the library yesterda

one was the armed school resource officers scott pederson who failed to go in the school and help protect students when the shooting began. and there were three additional sheriff's deputies on-site who stayed outside crouching behind vehicles. and under ten minutes a shooter shot and killed 17 people. 12 of them inside the high school. 14 others were wounded. 5 with life threatening injuries because the school's video surveillances system hadn't -- had an insplikable 20 minute delays. officers didn't enter until a well after cruz was gone. >> what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of the building 12 take up a position. and he never went in. there are no words. i mean these families lost their children. we lost coaches. >> unarmed coaches, who put their bodies between the gunman and students, sacrificing themselves so some children might be spared. unarmed teachers huddling in closets with kids texting loved ones for help and to say goodbye. and four armed deputies with pistols drawn sat in defensive positions outside. not one of them went into the school. they instead waited for

this particular deputy scott pederson has been on the campus since 2009. on the campus at the time of the shooting and the question had been where was he during the tile of the murders taking place? today, broward county sheriff scott israel said a review had determined something very disturbing. the fact that the officer was right outside the building with a shooting fts was taking place. aware of something awful inside and did not go inside. a review finds he was outside the building for up to four minutes. remember the entire attack took just six minutes. the sheriff himself was sickened by ha what he said. here's what he said earlier today. >> devastated. sick to my stomach. there are no words. these families lost their children. we lost coaches. i have been to the funerals and the homes. i have been to the vigils. it's just there are no words. >> remember that ever since columbine that was 19 years ago the protocol for law enforcement has been any armed officer or any officer that first arrives or is this on scene must interact with an active shooter.

scott, thanks i like those 50s in february. all right. kristen what's coming up in sports? >> iain, doug pedersonays that playing in the super bowl is the quote new norm for philly. coming up why i think the birds will be able to repeat ♪ >>> on super bowl sunday it was destiny over dine nazi eagles team who never won a super bowl over patriots team that had won five sinc 2002. but now it's philadelphia crea creating a dynasty of their own and repeat in champions in my mine. the eagles played this season with basically a pro bowl roster of guys sitting on the injured reserve. they are getting them back next season. so you add jason peter who doug pederson said who will be their left tackle. carson wept and more guys. mortal length never hurt anybody. secondly, no matter who stays or who goes, doug pederson has the blueprint and the leaders in the locker room to spread that message of being unselfish and that is what wouldn't it for them this season. finally now that this team has won a super bowl, they have taste of winning world championship in their mouths and the mares say it make them even hu

>> all right, scott we've heard this the philadelphia hero is getting honored today. we're talking doug pedersonday, jenny? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, guys. we knew the parade was at 10:00 o'clock. we literally just pulled up. pulled over. there's already a good crowd here. i'm joined by mayor stacey jordan. i'm sorry. stacey, can you tell me a little bit, what can we expect this morning? already a lot of support here. >> it's great. it's small town community and we wanted to celebrate doug pederson the eagles super bowl win we're excited he lives here is part of moorestown, part of our commune 93 want to do show our appreciate to him hins family moorestown is a special place to live and we're excited they're here and we'll have a fun morning and be doing proclamation. giving out to doug and just having a fun festive day with everybody here with our town. >> reporter: if we can pan off and just show some of the people who have started to gather here. everybody, of course, is wearing their eagles jerseys but who is over there? is that local band? >> that's our moorestown high school band. a

, and -- >> meanwhile scott peterson the sheriff's deputy who never went inside to confront the gun man at stoneman douglas high school is speaking out through his lawyer, pedersonwere coming from the outside and he said that is why he was outside the building. statement read allegation that is mr. peterson was a coward and that his performance under the circumstances failed to meet standard of the police officers are patently untrue. peterson's attorney says the. he also said school administrators go to the school video room to electricity the shooter and, police. peterson said the video and testimony will show he did everything by the book. >> of course, i thought sheriff said he watched the video. >> i think he is saying in the time, you know, he was saying that is how he located. it is a big school, big campus he helped them locate where shooter was but separately from the outside cameras and things, that is where sheriff noticed that and said go inside. >> there has to be an independent investigation to look at all of the tapes. >>> we are getting our first look at jay-z's trayvon martin documentary series, documentary series in a newly released 20 tease ki