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 group of people who have a significant impact on survivability are the civilian individuals already on the scene
Just as police planners would engage with schools and workplaces, they should engage proactively with houses of worship
Advances in technology are enabling law enforcement to get real-time data that provide complete situational awareness for both patrol officers on scene and the command center
Records show an arrest warrant was issued a week after a teen escaped from a juvenile facility
He signed the bill hours after the General Assembly approved the measure to give the state some of the toughest gun laws in the country
Fla. police were pursuing a sport utility vehicle when it headed in the wrong direction
The barber who survived last month’s shooting rampage says he played dead and prayed after being wounded by the gunman
Prosecutors said the offer to have Holmes spend life in prison wasn’t a serious attempt at plea bargaining
Police have not made arrests but have detained a person of interest
The suspected shooter shot himself as deputies and SWAT team members surrounded the house where he was hiding
Police are searching for 29-year-old Joseph Brown, who they identified as a suspect. Authorities said it was unclear what prompted the shootings
A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself
A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation says authorities found literature on other mass shootings at Lanza’s house
State police tell media outlets 2 unidentified people were shot and killed at a car wash, 2 more in a barber shop
Officers put in up to 170 hours of duty during the first natural disaster they encountered since graduation
The law, which supporters say could help tragedies like the Sandy Hook massacre, will go into effect July 1
Media outlets have pressed for the release of more records, which could shed light on a crime that has revived the national debate over gun control
Part two of a two-part series
When she heard about the first death, her gut told her the connection wasn’t a coincidence
The link between the gunman and his first victim remains a mystery as detectives struggled to piece things together
Gunshots fired from a black Range Rover on the Las Vegas Strip caused a Maserati and taxi to crash, and the SUV sped away
A neurosurgeon in Philadelphia who examined Thomas Matusiewicz in 1990 diagnosed a tumor
Police received police reports of shootings in several locations, and found at least 6 crime scenes
Police found thousands of dollars worth of the games in the Lanza home, and are looking to see if one mimicks the Sandy Hook shooting
The manhunt ended Tuesday night in flames, leaving a body believed to be Dorner’s and 4 deaths in his wake
Police say one of the men set a fire in the basement of the home early Tuesday
Delaware State Police Sgt. said the suspected gunmen and two women are dead
a parcel containing a note, a DVD and a bullet hole-riddled memento were sent by Christopher Dorner and addressed to Anderson Cooper’s office
A lawyer that had been on life support at a Phoenix hospital after Wednesday morning’s shooting died
A landscaper found a body that matches the suspect in the office shooting that killed 1, critically injured another
Not all experts agree on how realistic the exercises need to be
Suspect remains hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head following the Tuesday afternoon shooting
James Holmes faces 166 felony charges in the July 20 shooting in Aurora that left 12 people dead
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