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.
The continuing challenge with preparation for attacks like Parkland is that each is unique enough to defy any template for prevention and response
Many new restrictions will impact law enforcement officers
The police can be part of the solution, even if they aren’t part of the action
Floyd Corkins II was sentenced Thursday for the 2012 attempted shooting at a Christian lobbying group
The charred body believed to be that of the gunman who killed three policemen and a paramedic shows he apparently killed himself with a shot to the head
3 police officers and an emergency rescue driver were found dead, a fourth officer was wounded
Aaron Alexis used a valid pass to get into the highly secured installation Monday morning and started firing
One witness was nearly a victim of the Navy Yard shooting that killed 12
The boy downloaded an app for his phone that uses the real backdrop as the setting for the violent game
34-year-old Aaron Alexis, a military contract worker, opened fire killing 12 and wounding several more, including an officer
The car was found parked next to a former mountain resort, 1 woman and 3 teens were inside
Widespread high waters are keeping search and rescue teams from reaching stranded residents and motorists
Hubert Allen Jr., 72, drove to several locations shooting employees before he drove home and killed himself
Maj. Nidal Hasan is now eligible for the death penalty for the 2009 attack on the Texas miliary base
Maj. Nidal Hasan is acting as his own attorney but told the judge that he wouldn’t be putting up a defense
Partnering with a Texas-based training center, the FBI has been teaching best practices for responding to mass shootings
Erbie Bowser, 44, has been charged with capital murder for the attacks that left 4 people dead
A suspect driving a stolen truck struck 3 other vehicles as he fled police, killing 6 and wounding several more
Erbie Lee Bowser was charged with two counts of capital murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and more
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov are accused of trying to dispose of evidence from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room
Erbie Bowser was arrested Wednesday night; police are investigating the possibility of a grenade being used in one attack
The man is being hailed a hero for wrestling the shooter to the ground with the help of other witnesses
The announcement marks the latest delay in the timeline for the report on the Dec. 14 shootings
On the witness stand will be many of the wounded, plus dozens of others who were inside the post’s Soldier Readiness Processing Center
A man intentionally drove into crowds, killing 1 and injuring 11 others
Pedro Alberto Vargas watched movie after movie involving shootings, seeking creative inspiration for his own draft screenplay
Advances in technology in recent years have enabled an entirely new set of possibilities for integration and communications
Sidney A. Muller fatally shot 4 after a drug deal went wrong - including a man and his son delivering newspapers
