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Police departments can reduce active shooter incident response variability – here’s how
As a trainer, I must state unequivocally that the Nashville officers excelled in their response to this tragedy. And here is how they did this, by the numbers
“Through high-quality, repetitive training, we will become a safer country.”
The man’s injuries bring the total number of people shot during the July 28 shooting to 17
A Long Beach hotel worker who allegedly had an arsenal at his home has been charged with threatening a mass shooting at his workplace
Authorities have posted a video of their arrest of a 15-year-old Florida boy who allegedly posted an online threat to kill at least seven people
Thomas Matthew McVicker was apprehended in Indianapolis before the plan could be carried out
Up to 29 charter schools recently reported they have no long-term plan for having an armed guard on campus as required by law
The anxiety of one mass shooting after another has led some churches to start training and arming their worshippers with guns
They said they wanted to reflect the son they knew and weren’t trying to “minimize horror of his last act”
White supremacist ideology is helping fuel domestic terrorism in the United States, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday
Police believe the shooting lasted 32 seconds, with officers engaging the shooter about halfway through
The post that led to Richard Dean Clayton’s arrest took place one day after the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso
In one plan, Conor Climo said he would firebomb a Las Vegas synagogue followed by a “light infantry weapon attack”
A friend of the Dayton gunman who killed nine people told federal agents he bought him body armor, a gun accessory and a 100-round magazine earlier this year
AG Barr staunchly defended the work of LE Monday while also taking aim at some prosecutors
Michael Napolitano suffered injuries including post-traumatic stress disorder after he was shot in his Kevlar helmet during the Pulse shooting
A special task force recommended the idea as one piece of an overall plan designed to keep students safe
Patrick Crusius, 21, emerged with his hands up from a vehicle that was stopped at an intersection shortly after last Saturday’s attack and told officers, “I’m the shooter”
An off-duty firefighter held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived
Authorities say his motive isn’t known but he had been interested in conflicting violent ideologies
Video shows the bouncer holding the front door open and waving in or pulling people inside Ned Peppers bar as the shooter got closer
CBP Tornillo Port Director Donna Sifford was shopping on her day off when a gunman entered the store and began shooting
Video footage showed people rushing out of the busy tourism and entertainment area, with some taking cover behind vehicles
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said there’s “a growing wave of support on both sides of the aisle” for the red-flag plan
Shooter Santino William Legan, 19, appeared to be interested in conflicting ideologies, but authorities still have not determined a motive
Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own firearms
The discounter has long dealt with violent crimes at its stores across the country
Researchers looked at the motivations of disgruntled employee, school, ideologically motivated and rampage mass public shooters in the United States from 1966-2017
Matthew DeSarno, special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Office, said law enforcement was able to work together to “find a solution that protected the public from harm”
Some former classmates said the shooter was suspended in high school for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault