Tag: workplace violence

Patrol

Man Kills Nursing Assistant at Philly Hospital, Wounds 2 Officers in Shootout

According to the commissioner, arriving officers encountered the male suspect who then began shooting at them. Four of the officers returned fire. Two officers were wounded.

October 4, 2021

Patrol

CA Authorities Believe Rail Yard Shooter Targeted Specific People

“It appears to us at this point that he said to one of the people there: ‘I’m not going to shoot you,’” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said. “And then he shot other people. So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot.”

May 27, 2021

Patrol

TX Trooper in Stable Condition After Being Wounded by Business Shooting Suspect

Trooper Juan Rojas Tovar was shot while pursuing the suspect in Grimes County. He was taken by medical helicopter to St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital in Bryan.

April 9, 2021

Patrol

California Workplace Killer Locked Gates to Keep Police Out

Officers arriving at the business complex of Unified Homes heard gunfire and could not get through the gates. They secured bolt cutters, went through the gates, and engaged the suspected shooter.

April 1, 2021

Patrol

Charges Reveal MN Clinic Shooting Suspect Set Off Bombs During Attack

Investigators say Ulrich, 67, of Buffalo, set off two homemade bombs in the clinic and shot five people, leaving four seriously injured and one dead. The violence occurred in the span of about 6 minutes before officers arrived and found him lying face down amid the destruction.

February 11, 2021

Patrol

Suspect in MN Clinic Shooting Previously Threatened to Attack It

According to a police report, Gregory Paul Ulrich threatened to carry out a mass shooting at the clinic in October 2018, with a doctor telling investigators that Ulrich had talked about “shooting, blowing things up, and practicing different scenarios of how to get revenge.”

February 10, 2021

Patrol

Suspect in Custody After Shooting in MN Health Clinic

"There is a history of him being unhappy with health care -- with the health care he received," Police Chief Pat Budke said.

February 9, 2021

Patrol

Further Details Revealed About Milwaukee Active Shooter Incident

Authorities have released additional details of the active shooter incident at a Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee that left five employees dead before the killer turned a gun on himself.

February 27, 2020

Patrol

5 People Killed in Active Shooter Attack on Milwaukee Brewery

Five employees were killed Wednesday afternoon during an active shooter attack at the MillerCoors headquarters in Milwaukee, WI, said Police Chief Alfonso Morales at a press conference Wednesday night. The suspect is dead.

February 26, 2020

Technology

Special Report: Preventing & Preparing for Workplace Attacks

AmpliVox Sound Systems LLC, Columbia Southern University & Omnigo Software

In the POLICE Special Report: Preventing & Preparing for Workplace Attacks, learn about How Police Can Help Mitigate Sudden Workplace Violence, Protecting Houses of Worship, Getting School Officials on Board for Active Assailant Drills, Preparing the Community for Violent Threats, and New Threat Detection Technologies.

January 9, 2020

Patrol

North Carolina Sergeant Wounded in Deadly Shooting at City Sanitation Department

The shooter reportedly fired at police, and the officer was shot twice. He was reportedly hit in the leg and abdomen. Police returned fire and killed the shooter.

December 20, 2019

Patrol

2 IL Officers Wounded in Workplace Shooting Return to Full Duty

Two Aurora, IL, police officers shot in the line of duty during a mass shooting at a manufacturing company's headquarters in February are returning to full duty after spending the past nine months recovering.

November 12, 2019