Tag: active shooters: Page 31

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3 Killed, 2 Officers Wounded at Del. Courthouse

A gunman killed three people, including his wife, and wounded two officers at the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington on Monday morning.

February 10, 2013

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N.M. Sheriff: Homicidal Teen Wanted To Die In Gun Battle with Officers

The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down his family over the weekend had reloaded his guns after the attacks and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot people.

January 21, 2013

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Shooting Reported at St. Louis College

A gunman shot one person at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in St. Louis. It has been reported that the 21-year-old gunman also shot himself.

January 14, 2013

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Taft School Staff Convinced Suspect to Put Down Weapon

One student was shot in the upper right chest on Thursday at Taft Union High School. A teacher and school administrator were able to talk to the suspect and convince him to give up his weapon, reports Reuters.

January 10, 2013

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Student Opens Fire at Calif. High School

A student opened fire with a shotgun Thursday morning at a rural California high school, injuring two before he was taken into custody. One person received minor injuries and refused medical attention while the other, a student, was airlifted to a local hospital.

January 9, 2013

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Aurora Officers Recount Bloody Theater Shooting

During a preliminary hearing for suspected theater shooter James Holmes, three Aurora (Colo.) Police officers recounted the carnage they encountered after responding to the July massacre.

January 6, 2013

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Ex-con Ambushed, Killed 2 Firefighters

An ex-con killed two firefighters with the same caliber and make military-style rifle used in the Connecticut school massacre after typing a note pledging to burn down his neighborhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people," police said Tuesday as another body, believed to be the gunman's missing sister, was found.

December 24, 2012

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4 Dead, 3 Pa. Troopers Wounded In Roadside Shooting

Three Pennsylvania troopers were wounded responding to a shooting in Hollidaysburg that left four people dead including the gunman.

December 20, 2012

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Teen Brings Gun, 50 Rounds of Ammo to School

Fresno County (Calif.) Sherrif's deputies arrested a 14-year-old Central High School student on Thursday for bringing a .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition to campus.

December 20, 2012

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A Whole Village to Raise…Only One Madman To Destroy

I often wondered if the school would begrudge my occasionally sitting in some unoccupied office as I wrote for POLICE. And I had every reason to suspect that other officers would be willing to stop by the school and lend an unsubsidized vigil.

December 19, 2012

Weapons

Police Readers Oppose Assault Weapon Ban

A full 84% of those officers who chose to answer the question (498) said that restricting the sale of "assault weapons" would not reduce the number of mass murder incidents such as the Newtown Massacre.

December 19, 2012

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Gunman Wounds 3 at Alabama Hospital

Birmingham (Ala.) Police shot and killed a man who had just shot and wounded a police officer and two employees at St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday.

December 16, 2012