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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 8, 2012

Loughner Sentenced To 7 Life Terms

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns on Thursday sentenced Tucson shooter Jared Loughner to seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years, calling the sentence "astronomical" and "justified" because Loughner "knew what he was doing" when he killed six and wounded 13 at a 2011 congressional event sponsored by then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 7, 2012

Suspected Freeway Shooter Arrested In Mich.

The mother of I-96 corridor shooting suspect Raulie Wayne Casteel, who was arrested at his in-laws' Wixom home Monday night, says she was worried her son was mentally ill and tried to get him help.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 2, 2012

Police Seek Potential Witness To Mich. Interstate Shootings

Authorities released surveillance photos Friday of a man they want to speak to as a "potential witness" in the series of 24 known shootings along the Interstate 96 corridor between Oct. 16 and Oct. 27.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2012

Five Shot at Calif. Business, Shooter At Large

Authorities are trying to unravel events that led up to the shootings of five people near a fire protection business in Downey.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 1, 2012

Idaho Man Killed by Officers After Shooting Spree

An Idaho man suspected of shooting another man in the chest, as well as shooting at several random individuals Saturday was killed by Coeur d'Alene police officers after he opened fire on the officers following an estimated 5-mile car chase.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonOctober 1, 2012

IACP 2012: Chief, Officer Discuss Sikh Temple Shooting

The Oak Creek (Wis.) Police officer who helped end the Sikh Temple shooting rampage and his police chief urged their colleagues to provide their officers with the training and equipment needed to respond to active shooters at the IACP show in San Diego.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2012

Prosecutors: Colo. Theater Shooter Threatened Professors Before Attack

The suspect in Colorado's deadly movie theater attack was barred from university property for threatening a professor, prosecutors said in court documents released Friday, raising more questions about why campus police didn't report his actions to other authorities.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2012

Survey: Gun Control, Active Shooters, and the Election

PoliceMag.com readers overwhelmingly support concealed carry and Mitt Romney for president, according to the results of our August survey. Officers also told us they were prepared for an active shooter incident and worried that government financial trouble has affected their ability to do their jobs. View these charts and graphs of the survey results, then read our analysis of the data.

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Videosby Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2012

Run, Hide, Fight

The city of Houston produced this video to offer practical tips to civilians for an active-shooter incident, instructing workers to lock doors behind them, silence their cellphones, and as a last resort, do everything they possibly can to take the shooter down.

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Articlesby David GriffithSeptember 12, 2012

Can You Prevent Mass Shootings?

Thanks to two active shooters, it's been a summer of terror for the American public. What's good is that people are actually talking about what can be done to curb these shootings and how to respond to them. And that includes law enforcement.

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