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2 Women Shot at Va. Community College

A gunman opened fire Friday on a satellite campus of the New River Community College in Christiansburg, Va., wounding two women. The suspect was apprehended by an off-duty security guard and two police officers about five minutes after the incident started.

April 14, 2013

Weapons

Teachers Blast NRA's 'Cruel Hoax'

The president of a national teachers union called the NRA's school-safety plan a "cruel hoax" that will lead to more gun violence rather than curbing active-shooter attacks.

April 2, 2013

Patrol

Police Found, Guns, Ammo, Swords In Newtown Killer's Home

Sandy Hook Elementary School gunman Adam Lanza stockpiled guns, ammunition, and samurai swords leading up to the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., according to court documents released today.

March 27, 2013

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Colo. Theater Shooter Wants Life To Avoid Death Penalty

The attorneys for James Holmes have offered a guilty plea in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting in exchange for prosecutors sparing their client's life.

March 27, 2013

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New Details Emerge About Tucson Shooter

Nearly 3,000 pages of newly released investigative reports on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting reveal a suspect who slowly became unhinged as those around him attempted to intervene.

March 27, 2013

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Ohio School Shooter Gets Life Without Parole

The Ohio teenager who killed three classmates in a cafeteria attack a year ago showed no remorse as a judge gave him three life terms in prison on Tuesday. During sentencing, 18-year-old T.J. Lane wore a T-shirt with the word "killer" on it.

March 18, 2013

Special Units

Officers End 19-Hour N.Y. Standoff, Suspect Killed

Law enforcement officers shot and killed a suspect early Thursday who had shot six people in an upstate New York town a day earlier, triggering a 19-hour standoff with local, state, and federal authorities.

March 13, 2013

Patrol

Colo. Theater Shooter Considers Insanity Plea

Lawyers for Aurora theater-shooting suspect James Holmes are challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's laws for insanity pleas, introducing a complicated new argument into his case.

March 3, 2013

Training

Rethinking Active Shooter Response

The threat of active shooters is on the minds of both the public and law enforcement. Now that so many people in law enforcement and the public are looking for ways to prevent active shooter attacks, it's time to rethink the way that we respond to these attacks.

February 24, 2013

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Report Identifies Newtown Gunman's Disorder

The gunman who shot 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December couldn't handle being touched by anyone but his mother.

February 19, 2013

Patrol

Four Dead In Calif. Carjackings, Shootings

A man suspected in a series of shootings across Orange County that left four people dead and at least two others wounded on Tuesday apparently approached one of his victims after a vehicle he carjacked ran out of gas, authorities said.

February 18, 2013

Patrol

Video: Fort Hood Massacre Hero Says Obama Betrayed Victims

The former police sergeant who helped stop the Fort Hood rampage tells ABC News that President Obama has betrayed the victims of the attack. Kim Munley and other victims also say the attack should be classified as a terrorist attack rather than "workplace violence."

February 11, 2013