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Florida Governor Rick Scott asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to immediately investigate the response to the Parkland school shooting, as questions mounted over the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s handling of the tragedy that took 17 lives.
The announcement came just hours after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel appeared on CNN and refused any blame for his agency’s missteps and touted his own “amazing leadership.”
The sheriff’s office was the lead agency on the scene and criticism has swirled about how it handled the first few minutes after a former student at the school opened fire in a hallway of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
BSO has also been faulted for fumbling advance warnings of the shooter’s threatening behavior, including statements from people close to him that they feared he might go on a shooting rampage.
