A gunman who opened fire outside a Beaumont, Texas, courthouse Wednesday was disarmed and taken into custody with the help of hostages he had taken at a nearby business.
Read More →Six University of Pittsburgh officers responded to a shooting at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic within two minutes of the first emergency call. The officers, who killed the gunman, had been trained for a Virginia Tech-style campus shooting.
Read More →Last week's clinic shooting in Pittsburgh and the Chardon High School shooting in Ohio in February showcased effective responses from officers and the campuses.
Read More →A campus police officer fatally shot a man who opened fire at a University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic today in a shooting that left two people dead and seven other injured.
Read More →Seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane has been charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three Chardon High School students.
Read More →Two more victims of Monday's shooting at Chardon High School died Tuesday morning. Russell King, Jr., 17, and Demetrius Hewlin have succumbed to their wounds.
Read More →One student was killed and four were injured, after a teenage gunman opened fire inside the cafeteria of a northeastern Ohio high school on Monday. The shooter, who has been identified and 17-year-old T.J. Lane, was taken into custody by the FBI a half mile away from the school.
Read More →The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts trustee board voted 10 to one to arm campus police with firearms, despite a mostly negative reaction from the student body.
Read More →Universal Electronics Inc.'s irTactical division will host an active shooter training program using its laser-based training system at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from June 8-10.
Read More →In an earlier blog post, we presented five training scenarios to help your team better prepare to meet the threat of the active shooter, or active killer if you prefer. Here are five additional training scenarios.
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