#active-shooter

#active-shooter

It was the white noise of the helicopter blades slicing through the air - not the incessant emergency vehicle sirens - that tipped me off that something was wrong. In New York, the chaos - the wailing of an ambulance, the incessant honking of the horns - is so commonplace that it becomes an unnoticed, repeating chorus. Which is why when I heard the sounds of fire engines and cop cars while sitting on the 14th floor

Multiple people have been hurt in a shooting at a church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, police said on Sunday morning. The Grand Blanc Township Police Department said in a Facebook post at 11:12 a.m. that there was an active shooter at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 4825 McCandlish Rd., and "there are multiple victims," and that the shooter "is down."

Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs and Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency's director said. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday. It could be employees, it could be civilians that were visiting the facility, it could be detainees, Lyons said of those who were shot. At this point, we're still working through that.

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Police responded Thursday to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Villanova University, days before the start of classes. Students shared a text from the Villanova alert system that told them to lock and barricade doors and move to secure locations. A second alert from Villanova officials warned people to stay away from the law school.

During evening rush hour in New York City, a man killed a police officer in a Park Avenue lobby, then opened fire on innocent bystanders, resulting in four deaths and injuries.