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A New York Times study reported how outcomes of active shooter attacks varied with actions of the attacker, the police (42% of total incidents), and bystanders (including a "good guy with a gun" outcome in 5.1% of total incidents). [1] An active shooter is the perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting.
Eric Robert Rudolph bombed the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in protest of abortion, killing one person and wounding 111, and bombed several abortion clinics in 1997 and 1998, killing a security guard and critically injuring a nurse. In 1998, James Kopp shot a number of abortion providers, killing one, Dr. Barnett Slepian.
The Act authorized two Cabinet-level federal Departments, Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS), to assist in investigations of violent crimes in public areas, but only after a request from a state or local law enforcement agency; the Act did not expand federal jurisdiction, and did not establish any new crimes, penalties, or regulations ...
The Department of Homeland Security has launched an “urgent ... is to determine how the massive department established after 9/11 can restructure itself to address the biggest threats facing the ...
The House Committee on Homeland Security sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, noting "serious concerns" about how the shooter was able to access a rooftop with a ...
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to get close enough to shoot and injure former President Donald Trump at a rally Saturday in ...
Ramsey County, Minnesota law enforcement officers next to a simulated casualty during an active shooter response exercise at the Arden Hills Army Training Site. Active shooter training (sometimes termed active shooter response training or active shooter preparation) addresses the threat of an active shooter by providing awareness, preparation, prevention, and response methods.
Active shooter incidents in 2021 surged by more than 50 percent from 2020 and nearly 97 percent from 2017, according to new FBI statistics released Monday.