Shara Kaplan is shown in the courtroom gallery before opening statements in the case of former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School School Resource Officer Scot Peterson at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Broward County prosecutors charged Peterson, a former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, with criminal charges for failing to enter the 1200 Building at the school and confront the shooter as he perpetuated the Valentine’s Day 2018 Massacre that left 17 dead and 17 injured. Kaplan’s daughter, Meadow Pollack, was killed in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel) DEFENSE:
Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh PROSECUTION:
Assistant State Attorney Steven Klinger
Assistant State Attorney Kristen Gomes
Assistant State Attorney Christopher Killoran
Legal assistant Aaron Savitski
Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor Judge Martin Fein Peterson’s wife, Lydia, Rodriguez, Richard Moore
Cruz’s brother, Zachary Cruz, lives with Moore (and Mike Donovan) in Virginia.
Zachary Cruz, brother
Amina Matheny-Willard, Virginia attorney for Zachary Cruz and Richard Moore, (black woman, twists hanging in her face)
David Reiner, local counsel (white man, metal glasses, graying hair, close cropped beard) Mitch and Annika Dworet The Dworet’s son, Nicholas, was killed, and their other son, Alexander, was injured in the 2018 shootings. The Hoyer’s son, Luke, and the Dworet’s son, Nicholas, were killed, and the Dworet’s other son, Alexander, was injured in the 2018 shootings. Gena Hoyer, standing with her husband, Tom, left, The Hoyer’s son, Luke, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Abby Hoyer Hoyer’s younger brother, Luke, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Fred Guttenberg
Jennifer Guttenberg
The Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Schachter’s son, Alex, and Guttenberg’s daughter, Jaime, were killed in the 2018 shootings. Max Schachter
Caryn DeSacia Schac