Mass Casualty Incidents
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How has the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting changed LE response to special events?
Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
For emergency responders, trauma from responding to an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
Surveillance video shows the alleged shooter trying to conceal the gun as he nervously entered Taft Union High School
Police were seeking at least two men and also were trying to determine whether a car found abandoned was a getaway vehicle
City manager’s assistant Debra Elliott says the shooting was reported shortly after 9 a.m.
Scores of people who had been standing, waiting to disembark, were hurled to the deck by the impact
A 4-year-old boy found in the same apartment was unharmed, his relationship with the women is unknown
Police said the armed man fired shots at officers Saturday from a second-story window before officers killed him
He says he’s concerned a gun used in a future mass shooting could be traced to a purchase made at a show in Waterbury
Authorities say the suspect, a man in his early thirties who was living on a disability pension, fired about 20 shots Wednesday night
The spokesman for the national firefighters department, said those who died were crushed and asphyxiated
Authorities are still investigating but believe the teenagers took the plane without permission
The shooting that occurred as people gathered to watch fireworks to celebrate the New Year, authorities said
Police suspect the death of 5 men and 4 women is a settling of accounts between drug traffickers
Each year, the department assigns thousands of extra patrols to the festivities — in ways seen and unseen — to control the crowd
Safety experts and school boards say there’s a huge difference between an officer who becomes part of the school family and a guard with a gun
Police officers filled bins with more than 1,500 rifles and handguns outside the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Suspect brought plenty of ammunition for three weapons including a military-style assault rifle as he set out to burn down his neighborhood
Suspect killed two firefighters and wounded two others before fatally shooting himself
Mass shooters sometimes plan their clothing and prepare by target practicing, but most who make threats don’t act
The victims, 19 and 20, were declared dead at the scene
The woman was killed Friday by a man who first fired shots through the windows of the church
Investigators were trying to learn more about Adam Lanza and questioned his older brother, who was not believed to have been involved in the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary
Maine law enforcement has trained for active shooter scenarios and learn from shooting incidents across the country
Few other details were immediately available in the investigation
ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate
One trooper was struck by gunfire but escaped serious injury because the shot struck his body armor
The NRA’s executive vice president says, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”
Sales have increased 500 percent after last week’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
Nobody has ever been charged over the killings of 13 unarmed Irish Catholic protesters