A Research On Active Shooting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) classifies an active shooter event as “one in which one or more persons actively engages in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area” (FBI, 2017). All active shooter events in the United States during

On the night of July 20th, 2012 the term tragedy was rewritten as the largest mass shooting in United States history took place in a movie theater located in Aurora, Colorado. What is now known as “The Batman Massacre” resulted in twelve casualties, fifty eight injuries, grief ridden family members, and left the rest of the United States searching for answers. This horrific scene will be replayed in the minds of the survivors for life and will be one of grave devastation to the family members directly involved. The shooting has many dynamic angles to consider, especially the ones that involve the shooter. Included here is his background, the legal issues inflicted, and his motive to carry out such a

An active shooter is defined as, “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims”. (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2008) Most often active shooters events will end quickly, “active shooters will continue to move throughout building or area until stopped by law enforcement, suicide, or other intervention. (Deputy Les Wiemers, n.d.)

Over the last decade or so, the United States of America has been shaken by an epidemic of terrifying mass shootings, devastating slayings of unexpecting victims, and unnerving annihilations of the innocent. There is no specific target, no explicitly sought-out group, nor definite individual. From a classroom of first-graders, to a crowded movie theatre, to a U.S. Naval yard, the location seems at most, random, other than that it is almost always a public place. The perpetrators responsible for these horrific murders also vary, and often surprise those who thought they knew them. However, while the occurrences of mass shootings are unpredictable and always shocking, most have one thing in

The assault in this country timber town was the most exceedingly bad mass shooting in Oregon history. Eight understudies and an educator passed on. Nine others were injured.

On July 20,2012 a man by the name of James Holmes entered the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and began shooting. He shot and killed twelve people and injured more than seventy. Holmes pleads not guilty by the insanity defense but does not prevail. Eleven of the jurors favor the death penalty for Mr.Holmes however; there was one juror who favored life with out parole. The trial took three years to come to a close. Holmes has schizophrenia and psychotic delusions, which the prosecution was trying to convince the jury that these disorders were the reasons for the shootings. His attorneys tried to convince the jury that

KILLEEN, Tex., Oct. 16— A crazy man smashed a blue pickup truck that frightened many people because they didn't know what to expect: into a busy restaurant during their lunchtime(probably the last lunch they would ever have), stepped out of the cab, shot 22 innocent people dead and wounded at least 20 others.As a blood-drenched patrons and employees tried to scramble to safety and avoid that crazy man , dozens of police officers arrived and exchanged gunfire with the man, apparently wounding him. He then shot and killed himself with a bullet through the left eye(great decision), witnesses said.The 23 deaths make the attack the worst mass shooting ever to occur in the United States. The police said the killer, a 35-year-old man, reloaded and emptied his Glock-17, a semi automatic .9 millimeter pistol, several times.About 80 people were in the restaurant, many of them taking a break from work with their superiors on National Boss's Day.

The first known mass shooting took place in Newburgh, New York in 1891. A 70-year old man opened fire on a group of children on a school playground. None were killed, but New York Times reported that several students “were well filled with lead.” A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013 focused specifically on incidents in institutes of higher education and schools: 4% of the incidents occurred in an educational setting, which was found to be the second most common site of active shooter incidents, and a majority of high school and middle school active shooter incidents were from a student at the

Teaching at a typical small town school in rural America one day, shots ring out. Active shooter drills come to mind, but what do we do, where do we go, how many students are present? Panic sets in. Thoughts of hiding, running, calling out for help and screaming all flash across the forefront of the mind when a person can be seen walking down the hall with a large gun in hand. No one ever thinks it could happen in a town, school, or church like ours but when the act is committed everyone feels the betrayal. Although schools from elementary to universities have adopted drills for active shooters and have routes with plans drawn up we never know how we will truly react until the time comes. Armed guards stand at the ready at most entryway doors but they are only one person and can not be everywhere always. In a recent study of active shooters for the Federal Bureau of Investigations, J.Pete Blair and Katherine W. Schweit have said, “The second most common incident locations were in educational environments…and the study results established that …these incidents involved some of the highest casualty numbers” (20). Crime is always a threat to education and defending our students nationwide should be a priority. The trouble begins with the fact that the school shootings are becoming more regular. Allowing teachers to be armed gives administration, faculty and students a more successful chance at survival against an active shooter in our education systems.

From emergency personnel, to retail vendors, to educators and students, to government or military employees and members of the general public, anyone could potentially be involved in an active shooter crisis situation. As active shooter incidents are becoming more frequent in recent years; being prepared to effectively respond when faced with such a crisis situation can save lives and help a city to better prepare for and respond to such crisis situations (FBI major findings, 2014, para. 1-2). According to a recent FBI Active Shooter Incident Study (2014), “individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in populated areas (excluding gang or drug related shootings)” are considered to be active shooters. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the city of Aurora, Colorado handled the active shooting crisis that occurred on July 20, 2012. This paper will explain the crisis situation and discuss the communication responses that ensued on that day.

Officers prepare the community of Dublin for an active shooter. These trainings are held once a year, however, more dates may be adde. The trainings offer different ideas to stay such as run hide, and fight are just some of the techniques taught during a training.

In the first article, “71 Shot, 12 Killed at Aurora Movie Theatre,” the article is centered more to informing the public of the immediate events and what is currently going on at the Aurora Movie Theatre. The article still does not have all the information and missing key parts of the story. In the second article “A Quiet Man who Authorities say Harbored a Deadly Plan” the article is centered more towards the events that took place at the home of James Holmes and includes more accurate information of what took place on July 20, 2012. Instead of focusing on the victims and using quotes from victims like what the author does in “71 Shot, 12 Killed at Aurora Movie Theatre,” this article focuses on quotes from family members of James Holmes as well as old neighbors and high school

Gun violence is a growing problem in society today. We need Shot Spotter systems implemented in high crime communities, such as Chicago, Illinois, to improve case closure rates, as well response times by police and first responders. In Chicago, from January 1, 2017 to March 23, 2017 there have already been 658 shooting victims (O'Connell, 2017). Today in a majority of communities, gun violence has to be called in or reported by civilians. Statistics show that only 20% of gun fire is reported (Shot Spotter, 2014). When they are reported, they often do not occur in a timely manner and the information provided is limited or incorrect. As a result, law enforcement agencies waste time following up on incorrect information provided.

Edgar M. Welch, 28 of Salisbury, N.C, fired a rifle on Sunday inside a pizza restaurant in Washington. The restaurant was accused of child abuse based on false stories written by anonymous author. Many of their employees were threatened because of the fake stories about the restaurant. Welch came into the restaurant with a rifle and fired it around 3pm. He told the police that he heard about the online conspiracy about Comet Ping Pong restaurant and wanted to self investigate according to Eric Lipton. Nobody was hurt from this accident but Edgar Welch was arrested. When police search Welch’s car, they found two additional firearm.

My social advocacy group’s position regarding the militarization of police is that it is necessary for every local police agency to be armed and trained to neutralize any threat it may face to protect the citizens within their district. There have been 142 shootings around schools in the years following the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut (Fantz, Knight, & Wang, 2014). From 2004-2008, there were an average of 564 work related shootings for every year (U.S. Department of Labor, 2010). In 2014 there were a total of 3,961 bank robberies. Of those 1,881 involved some type of a gun, 93 were an explosive device, and 31 had another type of weapon. These resulted in 13 deaths, 63 injured, and 31 hostages (FBI, 2015). This