* When asked about the inordinate time it took a deputy to don his bullet-proof vest and retrieve a rifle from the trunk, Israel stepped back to tell the commission: “At this point, based on what I know, I don't have any reason to believe that any member of our agency knew there was an active shooter.” How could the sheriff say that 10 months after the shooting? Certainly he knew that Peterson had reported “shots fired.” In that moment, he appeared clueless about the events at Stoneman Douglas.