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.
Enhancing community safety through proactive communication planning
Mass shootings remind us of our shared vulnerability and that we will always be there for our communities
Jim Dudley speaks with Eric Thomas O’Neal about adding yet another dimension to today’s law enforcement officer, that of a trained emergency medical responder
All “red flag” cases will now go straight to the judge instead of through the prosecutor’s office
The victims — two students and a custodian — are expected to survive
“Officer Steidell’s shots were the last ones fired by anyone inside the King Soopers,” the report reads
The victims’ injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, the sheriff said
Data shows there were two public mass shootings in 2020. This year there have been at least 11 so far
Investigators believe the gunman was seeking a specific person he was angry at, police said
A civil rights group wants to know if the gunman who killed eight people last week — four of them Sikhs — had ties to hate groups
Authorities said they didn’t seek a hearing because they didn’t have enough time to demonstrate the suspect’s inclination toward suicidal thoughts
Police said the suspect was arrested without incident about 7:30 a.m. in an Austin suburb
Some questioned if Indiana’s red flag laws were working, given that police had previously seized a firearm from the gunman
The FBI said it had previously questioned the gunman, a 19-year-old former employee
Police drone technology has a staggering amount of applications. Here’s a roundup of UAS footage that captures how drones help law enforcement
Officer Adam Willson was shot in the leg when a student opened fire on officers, police said
Police faced gunfire as they responded to reports of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday
Sheriff Kevin Tolson said investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting
A state trooper was later shot during a manhunt
“When someone makes a threat, it should be taken very seriously”
Investigators believe two teenage brothers, who were found dead with four family members, were the killers
Police said the park had been full of families on Easter Sunday
The suspect killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, at an office complex
Officers fired at the suspect through the gates and had to use bolt cutters to enter the complex
It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks
Hundreds of people attended Officer Eric Talley’s funeral mass, with more than a thousand watching online
The suspect shot his parents and then later killed two more at a convenience store, police said
A gun store refused to sell to the man after he said he was surprised his friends didn’t think he was the Boulder mass shooter
Residents, officers and other first responders gathered to honor Officer Eric Talley’s funeral procession
The man was charged with reckless conduct and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, police said
“Despite exhaustive investigative work, it appears we may never know why he committed this heinous act,” a police report states
Under a divided Senate, President Biden demanded the chamber pass two bills that would tighten federal background check laws and ban high-capacity magazines
Family members told investigators that their son had previously attacked a classmate and may have a mental illness
