Tag: active shooters: Page 37

Patrol

Seattle Cafe Customer Hurled Bar Stool at Killer

Lawrence Adams is being praised by Seattle Police for disrupting Cafe Racer shooter Ian Stawicki, which saved several lives. After Stawicki opened fire in Cafe Racer, Adams threw a bar stool at Stawicki, which distracted him enough to allow several other customers to escape the cafe.

June 3, 2012

Patrol

Ohio High School Shooter To Be Tried As Adult

The Ohio teenager accused of gunning down three classmates in the Chardon High School cafeteria will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled on Thursday. If convicted, T.J. Lane would be eligible for life imprisonment.

May 24, 2012

Special Units

Montana Park Rangers Get Active Shooter Training

Law enforcement Park Rangers at Glacier National Park in Montana teamed up with tactical operators with the Flathead County Sheriff's SWAT team to learn how to deal with an active shooter.

May 20, 2012

SWAT

Deploying a Ballistic Shield

The most common ballistic rating carried today by officers is a Level IIIA shield. Level IIIA shields handle the job and are also much more affordable than Level III or Level IV shields. Once the levels go up, so does the weight, as well as the price.

April 25, 2012

Special Units

Calif. School Shooter Calmly Sprayed Classroom with Bullets

Harboring a murderous grudge against students and administrators he believed disrespected him, 43-year-old One L. Gon was "chaotic, calculated, and determined" to kill, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan told ABC's "Good Morning America" Tuesday.

April 2, 2012

Special Units

Gunman Kills 7, Wounds 3 at Calif. College

A former student opened fire in a classroom at a small independent university in Oakland Monday morning, killing seven and wounding three others. The gunman was taken into custody by police in the parking lot of a shopping mall near Oikos University.

April 1, 2012

Special Units

Hostages Disarm Gunman After Texas Courthouse Shooting

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.

March 13, 2012

Patrol

Officers at Clinic Shooting Trained for Virginia Tech-Style Incident

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.

March 11, 2012

Patrol

Two Campuses Deal With Active Shooters

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.

March 11, 2012

Patrol

Psychiatric Clinic Gunman Killed By Campus Officer

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.

March 7, 2012

Patrol

Ohio School Shooting Suspect Charged As Juvenile

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.

February 29, 2012

Patrol

Death Toll Rises To Three In Ohio School Shooting

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.

February 27, 2012