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.
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La Crosse police work hard to keep the peace during Octoberfest, and this year, a perimeter protection plan was introduced to prevent a Waukesha-style attack
Investigators are tracing the gun used in the shooting, which was found on the bus after the driver escorted the shooter off
The two suspects were taken into custody in Las Vegas a week after the fatal shooting
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Authorities haven’t released the names of the suspects or details about the cause of the shooting
Marquise Latrelle Tolbert and William Ray Tolliver are considered armed and dangerous, officials say
The chief said based on video from the scene, multiple people fired weapons after a dispute outside a McDonald’s
The man who opened fire outside a Kansas City bar was shot by an armed security guard
Officials believe the two shooters were linked to another anti-Semitic attack and were prepared to cause greater destruction using two shrapnel bombs
A police sergeant said fire and medical personnel helped work with victims and law enforcement to track down the suspect
A stabbing inside a restaurant set off a violent string of attacks at a shopping plaza
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said his department has enacted 84 of 93 recommendations
How public safety officials can prepare faith-based groups for the commonplace and out-of-the-ordinary incidents that might befall citizens in their houses of worship
The suspect was stopped in Manhattan and taken into custody by NYPD, officials say
The gunman opened fire inside a packed church, killing one and critically injuring another before the congregants shot and killed him
State police are investigating the incident, which comes after a series of apparently anti-Semitic attacks reported throughout New York
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Authorities arrested Hugo Villanueva-Morales in Mexico in connection with the Tequila KC bar shooting in Kansas City
The shooting is being investigated as a ‘potential act of domestic terrorism’
Authorities say there is no indication the shooting was terrorism; officials say it was ‘clearly a hate crime’
The number of officers who fired shots is among the few details to become available since the shootout
Authorities believe the gunman made social media posts in which he talked about U.S. support for Israel and charged that Americans are anti-Muslim
Investigators have declined to answer questions about suspects or a motive in the Nov. 17 shooting
More businesses are hardening their defenses with new techniques, and even new legal authority, to deal with growing fears about violence on the job
Authorities aren’t releasing any information about the suspects in the shooting that left 5 dead
Prosecutors say they ''needed more information’ in order to charge the five men
Officials have identified the four victims, are still searching for the two gunmen
Police say the shooter is among the dead, are searching for witnesses