Active Shooter
From a hoax school shooting to Boston Marathon planning, real-world incidents show how relationships and pre-event coordination determine outcomes
Two people were killed and nine were wounded when a gunman opened fire in an engineering classroom as students took final exams
Students sheltered in place for hours as police searched academic buildings and neighborhoods around the Ivy League campus for the shooter
An Allen PD officer, who was on an unrelated call at the mall, engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat
One woman was pronounced dead at the scene; EMS providers transported four people to hospitals
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Firefighters at Roseville Fire Department Station 5 heard gunfire and brought a wounded highway patrol officer into the station
A female suspect is dead; the Nashville Fire Department said it responded to an “active aggressor”
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Dozens of police, fire and EMS vehicles have responded, and a unified command post has been established on campus
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Four people were killed at a mushroom farm and three at a trucking business on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay
LEOs arrived to find two students critically injured and they started CPR immediately, but the students later died at a hospital
Police have yet to reveal a possible motive for the shooting, including whether it was a possible hate crime or domestic violence incident
The truck can drive through up to 40 inches of water, in over 230 mph winds, up steep inclines and slopes, and can withstand 40,000 pounds of impact
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The shooter also died in the incident inside the Chesapeake store busy with Thanksgiving shoppers
Chesapeake police believe “less than 10" people have died, after officers sent rescue and tactical teams inside to render aid
Colorado Springs police officers, 34 firefighters, 11 ambulance crews and some FBI personnel responded to the active shooter incident at an LGBTQ club
A former football player is suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other students
The jury said that it could not unanimously agree that the shooter should be executed
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center
The four-part series includes stories from first responders and new footage from the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
“I’ve seen things that I haven’t seen before in 32 years, and it’s happened time and time again,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said
Fire Chief (ret.) Craig Daugherty recalled the day he responded to shots fired at the high school where his 15-year-old daughter was in lockdown
Cell phone photos taken by law enforcement officers after the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting were being spread the same night
“We’re able to get the stretcher under the patient and drag them to what amounts to a safer area and use less rescuers,” said Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher
Chief Joe Schrage said 30+ firefighters responded, EMS providers transported 24 people, and the department made trauma counselors available
Chief William Halstead led the department’s response to the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The challenge now is how to show up every day, with the same energy, and resist the threats of indifference and complacency
Authorities said a 22-year-old man named as a person of interest in the shooting was taken into police custody Monday evening
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