Tag: School Shootings: Page 19

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Remarkable Statistics on Officer Response to Active Shooter Incidents

The author reviews the PERF report on police response and results from 84 active shooter incidents from 2000-2010.

April 11, 2014

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Panel OKs Bill to Allow Guns in Florida Schools

The debate whether safety is worth the risk of having more guns on school campuses took center stage in a Florida House committee, which approved a bill Wednesday that would allow trained officials to carry weapons in schools.

April 3, 2014

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Colorado Poll: Majority Favor Allowing Staff to Carry Guns in School

The idea of arming public school employees gained traction in a poll released Wednesday, a week before lawmakers hear testimony on a bill that would allow Colorado school districts to permit adults to carry guns inside classrooms.

February 5, 2014

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1 Dead in Purdue University Shooting, Suspect in Custody

A male suspect was taken into custody after police said he went into the Electrical Engineering Building and shot a male he was targeting.

January 20, 2014

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New Mexico School Shooter Chose Victims at Random, Say Police

A 12-year-old shooter chose his victims at random when he fired off three rounds of a shotgun into a packed New Mexico middle school gymnasium according to authorities.

January 15, 2014

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2 Teens Critically Injured in N. M. School Shooting

A 14-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl have been airlifted to a Lubbock, Texas, hospital after a school shooting in Roswell, N.M.

January 13, 2014

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Sandy Hook School Shooting Crime Scene Photos

On Dec. 30, 2013, the Connecticut State Police released select photos from the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., along with documents relating to the investigation.

December 30, 2013

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Video: Newtown Shooting Records Provide Details From Inside School

State police investigative documents on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting describe the painful reactions of officers entering the classrooms and the horrific conditions they found inside.

December 29, 2013

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Newtown, Conn., School Shooting Evidence Search at Lanza Home

This video released by Connecticut State Police as part of its report on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting shows an evidence search at the home of shooter Adam Lanza. Read the full story here.

December 29, 2013

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Families Ask Media to Stop Publicizing Names of Mass Shooters

For families, it is a small way to fight back. Their hope is that refusing to name the actors will mute the effects of their actions, and prevent other angry, troubled young men from being inspired by the infamy of those who opened fire at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech or Newtown, Conn.

December 22, 2013

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Motive for Colo. School Attack Still Murky

Few details are coming out to possibly indicate why 18-year-old Karl Pierson walked into Centennial, Colo.'s Arapahoe High School with a shotgun, ammunition, a machete, Molotov cocktails, and an intent to kill — but one of his friends has an idea.

December 15, 2013

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SRO’s Quick Response Saved Lives at Colo. School

Much of the credit for limiting the carnage from Pierson’s attack on Arapahoe High is being lauded upon an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy who serves as the school’s resource officer.

December 15, 2013