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.
A Police1 webinar presenter addresses the issue of on scene vehicle security during a mass casualty event
The document contains a detailed timeline of the incident, including a discussion about breaching assessment and opportunities
Researchers have identified a series of defenses that work together to reduce the probability of mass attacks
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
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”
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
A man “full of anger” stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage
CBP Tornillo Port Director Donna Sifford was shopping on her day off when a gunman entered the store and began shooting
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
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
Officers stopped the suspect moments before he entered a bar
Speaking at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump condemned the two attacks
The federal government is also investigating the attack with a view toward bringing federal hate crime charges
The gunman was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting “a heinous and senseless act of violence”
The gunman who opened fire on a California food festival killed himself after officers shot him multiple times
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The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was “kind of a loner” and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said
While authorities are still seeking a motive for the killings, the gunman had posted white supremacist views
Several victims of the shooting late Saturday had gang histories, including the man who was killed
The shooter cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding about 15 others
The shooting erupted just as the crowd at the annual Old Timers Event in the Brownsville neighborhood was beginning to disperse Saturday
Man shot multiple people Thursday during a deadly 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles’ sprawling San Fernando Valley
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