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 Trump rally shooting demonstrated commendable actions like quick thinking by citizens, as well as shortcomings such as poor site selection and training gaps
The death of a firefighter attendee and the wounding of three others, including former President Trump, is a tragic reminder of gunshot wound assessment and treatment challenges
Exploring the indictment of Chief Pete Arredondo and the legal challenges in proving criminal negligence in the Uvalde school shooting case
Leadership errors made in training, if corrected, can lead to better actions in real situations
A new law barring sales of “bullet-resistant soft body armor” to most non-law enforcement has confused retailers
The Behavioral Threat Assessment Team will monitor social media and investigate potential threats, said the Erie County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Phillip Martin was shot and wounded after a gunman went on a rampage, killing three coworkers last week
Chief Pete Arredondo says he did not consider himself the incident commander. “I didn’t issue any orders,” he said
The suspect fled and was tracked down by state troopers, leading to a shootout
A team of nine, including current and former law enforcement officials, will review the police response to the mass shooting
“Almost all of us, at one point or another, had to go back to our patrol car and just cry for a little bit,” one officer recalled
The board called the project a dangerous idea that was “trading on the tragedy” of the Uvalde shooting
Chief Pete Arredondo was unaware students were still alive and calling 911 from inside the classroom, said State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman
Read about an off-duty CBP agent’s heroic actions, police pursuits in Washington state and more from this week’s news
The TASER Drone is under development and will be a non-lethal, remote operable way to stop active shooters, Axon says
In a note, the gunman said he blamed his surgeon for ongoing back pain
Sen. Roland Gutierrez called it a “system failure” that calls weren’t communicated to embattled Chief Pete Arredondo
Jacob Albarado is speaking publicly for the first time about what he saw that tragic day
Police found no bomb after searching a home where the gunman may have lived before killing himself and four others
Capt. Richard Meulenberg said multiple people were wounded and the medical complex was a “catastrophic scene”
Conflicting reports from the Texas DPS and Chief Pete Arredondo has added to ongoing confusion in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting
“That is not going to happen in New York,” said Mayor Eric Adams about the delayed police response in Uvalde
“Logistically, it would be a nightmare,” said James Dooley, a retired NYPD captain
A door that was meant to lock did not lock properly on the day a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers
Researchers have identified the Mass Attacks Defense Chain, a series of defenses to reduce the probability of mass attacks
Pete Arredondo made the “wrong decision” to wait for a tactical team, said the head of Texas DPS last week
In the hours and days following the shooting, authorities gave shifting information of what happened and how they responded
Such a review is somewhat rare and most after-action reports after a mass shooting are generally compiled by local law enforcement or outside groups
The on-site commander, according to DPS Director Steven McGraw, thought “they had time to organize,” but McGraw said this “was the wrong decision”
Jacob Albarado had just sat down for a haircut when he received a chilling text from his wife, a fourth-grade teacher at the school
An official worries elementary schools are becoming targets because they tend to have less security than high schools
Read about ‘next-level’ drag racing, police leaders’ heartbroken reactions to a mass shooting, and more from this week’s news
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