active shooter
noun
plural active shooters
: a person who is illegally using a firearm to kill or try to kill people especially in a public place : a person who is shooting at people
Stunned shoppers and mall employees initially mistook the sound of glass breaking for gunshots, leading to false rumors of an active shooter.—
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said the gunman was apprehended at 10:26 a.m. – several minutes after law enforcement received the first reports of an active shooter.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The bill, introduced by Assemblymember Chris Ward, D- San Diego, is a step toward standardizing active shooter drills while also protecting students’ mental health.
—Iris Sanchez, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
From 2018 until now, 90 people have been killed in 35 school shootings, according to NBC News’ tracker, which focuses on the segment of school shootings where an active shooter, with intent to harm, injures or kills at least one student or faculty member during school or at a school event.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Elizabethtown Police responded to the hospital shortly after 5 a.m. after getting reports of an active shooter, Denham said.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The bill, introduced by Assemblymember Chris Ward, D- San Diego, is a step toward standardizing active shooter drills while also protecting students’ mental health.
—Iris Sanchez, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
From 2018 until now, 90 people have been killed in 35 school shootings, according to NBC News’ tracker, which focuses on the segment of school shootings where an active shooter, with intent to harm, injures or kills at least one student or faculty member during school or at a school event.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Elizabethtown Police responded to the hospital shortly after 5 a.m. after getting reports of an active shooter, Denham said.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Active shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/active%20shooter. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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