Tag: lockdown
Swatting: the threat of fake active shooter alerts
Shooters inside schools cause terror; false reports of active shooters (known as swatting) erode security and impede learning.
Shooting near a Colo. high school injures 6 teens
A shooting at a park in Colorado, during lunch at a high school nearby, sent 6 students to the hospital; they're expected to recover.
Fired worker kills 5 in Aurora
A fired worker shot up his former employer's warehouse near Chicago, causing a soft lockdown at West Aurora HS.
Rifleman threatens work crew near Houston schools
A man with a military-style assault rifle put 2 Houston-area schools on lockdown Monday, but the standoff ended peacefully.
Gun in a Naperville school, manhunt in Plainfield
A student was carrying a gun inside Naperville Central H.S., and nearby schools were locked down as police searched for a wanted man.
Dangerous fugitive at large & packing in Wis.
A manhunt in Wis. intensifies as police seek a man who stole guns from a gun shop & wrote a 161-page manifesto threatening schools.