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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienApril 15, 2009

Survival Lessons from Oakland and Pittsburgh

The lesson all of us must learn from the Oakland and Pittsburgh tragedies is to honor our fallen brothers in blue by doing whatever it takes to not only survive, or even to win, but to prevail.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 8, 2009

Columbine 10-Year Survey: Campuses Improve Security, but Require More Funding

University and K-12 campuses have made great strides in their safety and security programs since the April 1999 Columbine High School shooting, according to a survey conducted by Campus Safety magazine.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2009

Officer Who Stopped N.C. Nursing Home Shooting Says: "It Was Scary"

The police officer who shot a man suspected of killing seven patients and a nurse last weekend at a North Carolina nursing home said in a television interview that "it was very scary" to be walking the halls of the facility, looking for the gunman.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2009

Four People Shot, 41 Hostages Taken at Immigration Center in Upstate New York

Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan told the local Press & Sun Bulletin newspaper that the gunman had a high-powered rifle. The shooter was described by local media as an Asian male in a green jacket.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2009

Police: 14 Killed in NY Rampage

A gunman walked into an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., and opened fire on Friday, killing 13 people before he killed himself, police said. Another four people were in critical condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2009

Source: 4 Die, Up to 40 Held Hostage in Upstate NY Shootings

A lone gunman began shooting Friday in an immigration services building in Binghamton, New York, killing at least four people, a law enforcement source close to the situation said.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2009

Dozen Hostages Killed, Shooter Dead at NY Immigrant Center

Gov. David Paterson says 12 or 13 people were killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2009

Lone Officer Subdued N.C. Nursing Home Shooter

When he jumped out of his patrol car at Pinelake Health and Rehab, Officer Justin Garner of the Carthage Police Department knew he couldn't wait for backup. He pulled his .40-caliber Glock handgun and walked into the nursing home, a convoluted building the size of a small shopping center.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2009

Wounded N.C. Officer Praised for "Heroic" Actions that Ended Nursing Home Slaughter

A witness told CNN affiliate WRAL-TV that the shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and other weapons. The officer who stopped him, Justin Garner, "acted in nothing short of a heroic manner" and probably stopped the carnage from being worse, Moore County District Attorney Maureen Krueger said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2009

N.C. Cop Wounded in Nursing Home Attack Treated and Released

A Carthage police officer, Justin Garner, 25, was shot in the leg during the incident, but he was treated at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst and released.

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