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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Safariland instructors showed a group of trainees how to react when “hide and hope” is not an option in an active shooter situation
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
As a police officer in Aurora, Colorado — a city that is only just beginning to recover from one of the largest mass shootings in the history of the United States — the news stopped me in my tracks
The president, who exerted little political capital on gun control during his first term, also pressed Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban
The victims included the ex girlfriend, her sister and the sister’s husband
Suspect faces the death penalty if convicted in the 2009 rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13
Mass shootings are catalysts for change in gun laws in Britain and Australia
Two deaths were heard over the phone from a 911 operator
The civilian, who hopes to become a cop, didn’t fire in fear of shooting other innocent civilians
Schools around the country are reviewing security plans preparing for first day of class after Conn. shooting
Police have arrested a high school student for allegedly planning a mass shooting
The Associated Press compiled all of the facts up to this point in the tragedy
Police say the gunman was not voluntarily let into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton
An officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening
He still be being questioned but is not in custody and is not believed to have any connection to the school killings
His older brother is being held for questioning as a possible second shooter, friends are missing
Should at least one teacher on every floor of every school in America be armed, trained, qualified, and ready/willing to end a deadly threat in their school?
He says the memories of the Tech shootings have never faded in Virginia and the state continues to grieve for those slain
The president expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones in the elementary school shooting