Active Shooter
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Criminal action, accidents and heart attacks continue to lead the list this year
From lip sync battles to policing the homeless to immigration enforcement, 2018 was a big year for issues in law enforcement
The wound treatment videos Joe Gomez watched on YouTube led to him saving a YouTube employee’s life
One officer in an urgent voice bluntly demanded ambulances, another said he would take a victim in his car
Victim shot three times: ‘I forgive him with all my heart’
Let’s look at a number of factors that may have put this particular attacker at such an advantage that almost no spontaneous resistance could be effective
We need to energize the public and educate them on how they can do a great deal to prevent these shootings
All three died Friday morning from gunshots they took while covering their girlfriends in the theatre
A “bizarre, freakish” voicemail greeting led staff to not accept James Holmes
Chief ‘and his officers have done everything right, by the book, with great determination,’ says President Obama
This type of criminal doesn’t show up on any law enforcement radar until after he’s acted
If our vision is obscured or our breathing is labored, our effort to stop the active shooter and rescue victims will be difficult
Calls between dispatch and police reveal officers trying to save the lives of victims in the chaos that followed the cinema shooting
Police and witnesses describe what happened during and immediately after the “Dark Knight Rises” rampage
Family members of 24-year-old James Holmes, the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, asked the media to respect their privacy
Opened fire inside a suburban movie theater, also wounding 59 others in worst attack in state since Columbine
One gunshot rang out, then about 20 seconds later everyone scattered
Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil
A school board VP made a joke during a commencement speech about a sniper being inside the stadium
Online weapons dealer investigated by Wis. police provided equipment in two other mass shootings
The shots rang out just as some 300 people were exiting a night club after a rap concert
An Army psychiatrist charged in the fatal 2009 shooting rampage in Texas may be barred from the courtroom because he grew a beard, which is contrary to military regulations
Was having personal problems, SWAT team responded; surrendered after talking with negotiators
Police chief says the case has been trying for all law enforcement involved
A trauma surgeon Wednesday was named a person of interest in a fatal shooting at a Buffalo hospital
Court records show Montgomery police arrested Leonard in 2008 on a charge of carrying a pistol without a license
Police have not made any arrests in the shooting, which occurred just after an hour-long service
Even while gunman aimed at him, one man fought back
City has seen as many homicides so far this year as all of last year
Shootings set off a manhunt that forced officials to close nearby schools
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