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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Officer John Kline and his wife Dawn were on their third annual visit to the Route 91 country concert series Sunday night when the gunfire began
Several off-duty officers from the station had traveled to Las Vegas for the Route 91 Harvest music festival
His life is the subject of a sprawling investigation into what drove him to show up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel with guns and open fire from his 32nd floor suite
Through tears and in heart-wrenching tributes, relatives and friends are remembering the dozens of people killed
Strangers drove victims to hospitals in their own cars
The complex, carefully coordinated attacks of 9/11 have been replaced with a new kind of violence that is significantly harder to detect
Law enforcement and fire service members are among those wounded in a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas
Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
“Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” the president said
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The dead included at least three off-duty police officers from various departments who were attending the concert
The note could offer a glimpse into Emanuel Kidega Samson’s mindset at the time of Sunday’s shooting and a possible motive for the rampage
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The 66-year-old, who lost a finger due to his injuries, says he’s thankful to be alive after Sunday’s shooting
The officers were attempting to return to the police station when their vehicles became trapped
According to an arrest affidavit, Emanuel Kidega Samson waived his rights and told police he arrived at the church armed and fired upon the building
The gunman was wounded and taken to a hospital
Thirty people were injured when the homemade bomb, partly detonated at the height of the morning rush hour
Coral Springs first responders paid baby April and her family a visit
A mix of neighborhood volunteers, police and firefighters used trained dogs and their bare hands to search through the ruins
Such training can mimic the stressors officers face when they have to enter a structure in a possibly lethal environment
Investigators last week also found a “manifesto” in the home of 15-year-old Caleb Sharpe
The Coral Springs Human Resources manager went to pay, but the Chick-fil-A manager refused to take her money
Police say the explosion was a terrorist attack, the fifth in Britain this year
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said at the scene that the shooter was in custody
A man who alleges he was denied entry to a shelter unless he underwent a background check is suing the sheriff
The officer helped the actress bring a little magic to the hurricane shelter
“Even in the midst of a storm, we are reminded of the love for our country and community”
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