FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ An appeals court ordered the Broward Sheriff's Office on Wednesday to release hours of surveillance footage captured outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during February's mass shooting.
The Broward School Board had sought to block the release of the footage, arguing that it will expose the limits of the surveillance system in place at the Parkland high school and other campuses throughout the county.
Media outlets, including the South Florida Sun Sentinel, argued that the video should be released as a public record that may shed light on the law enforcement response to the shooting as it unfolded.
Shooter Nikolas Cruz, a former student at the school, faces the death penalty if convicted of 17 counts of first-degree murder. During his rampage, he also wounded 17 other victims.
The footage under review specifically does not include anything depicting victims or the shooting itself.
