Mass Casualty Incidents
The Mass Casualty Incidents topic page provides news, videos and expert columns about dealing with large-scale incidents including terrorist attacks, dirty bombs, natural disasters and more.
Report identifies preventable failures in communication, planning, execution and leadership on and before July 13 incident
A call for enhanced training and innovation to reverse the trend and keep officers safe
Optimal safety at mass gatherings requires breaking through silos and collaborating effectively
Chief Pete Arredondo was unaware students were still alive and calling 911 from inside the classroom, said State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman
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The TASER Drone is under development and will be a non-lethal, remote operable way to stop active shooters, Axon says
In a note, the gunman said he blamed his surgeon for ongoing back pain
Sen. Roland Gutierrez called it a “system failure” that calls weren’t communicated to embattled Chief Pete Arredondo
Jacob Albarado is speaking publicly for the first time about what he saw that tragic day
Police found no bomb after searching a home where the gunman may have lived before killing himself and four others
Capt. Richard Meulenberg said multiple people were wounded and the medical complex was a “catastrophic scene”
Conflicting reports from the Texas DPS and Chief Pete Arredondo has added to ongoing confusion in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting
“That is not going to happen in New York,” said Mayor Eric Adams about the delayed police response in Uvalde
“Logistically, it would be a nightmare,” said James Dooley, a retired NYPD captain
A door that was meant to lock did not lock properly on the day a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers
Researchers have identified the Mass Attacks Defense Chain, a series of defenses to reduce the probability of mass attacks
Pete Arredondo made the “wrong decision” to wait for a tactical team, said the head of Texas DPS last week
In the hours and days following the shooting, authorities gave shifting information of what happened and how they responded
Such a review is somewhat rare and most after-action reports after a mass shooting are generally compiled by local law enforcement or outside groups
The on-site commander, according to DPS Director Steven McGraw, thought “they had time to organize,” but McGraw said this “was the wrong decision”
Jacob Albarado had just sat down for a haircut when he received a chilling text from his wife, a fourth-grade teacher at the school
An official worries elementary schools are becoming targets because they tend to have less security than high schools
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Texas DPS said the gunman did not initially encounter any law enforcement officers when he entered Robb Elementary
Witnessing despicable evil shatters an officer’s assumptions about how the world is supposed to work
Felix Rubio and his wife had celebrated their daughter during an honor roll ceremony about 30 minutes prior to the attack
Forty minutes to an hour elapsed from when the shooter opened fire on a security officer to when he was shot
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia posthumously promoted Aaron Salter to lieutenant, saying his actions allowed others in the store to escape
Investigators have not yet released a motive in the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead
An investigation aims to reveal what part the online message platforms played in the deadly attack
Other agents distracted the gunman to save lives, the DHS said, and at least two law enforcement officers were shot
The FBI said nearly 20% of last year’s shootings were also mass killings
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