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Christiansburg Police Release 9-1-1 Calls of Shooting at Mall Campus
April 23, 2013On Monday, Christiansburg police released the 9-1-1 calls that law enforcement received the day of the April 12 shootings at New River Valley Mall.
Read full articleMississippi: Circus Elephant Hit in Drive-By Shooting
April 10, 2013An elephant with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was injured in an early morning drive-by shooting Tuesday but is expected recovery fully.
Read full article9-1-1 Call, Document Shed Light on Vet’s Mindset
February 6, 2013San Angelo Standard-Times (Texas) FORT WORTH – A 911 recording and documents released Tuesday reveal more about the possible state…
Read full articleShooting at New York House Fire, Gunman Kills Two Firefighters, Injures Two Others
December 24, 2012WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) – Four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire were shot Monday morning, two fatally,…
Read full articleRemember the Responders
December 20, 2012In the wake of last week’s deadly shootings at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the nation is mourning the victims: six teachers, 20 children and the mother of the shooter. Here, we also remember the telecommunicators who took the calls for help and the emergency personnel who responded to the scene.
Read full articleColorado Theater Shooting: Dispatchers Recount Night of Horror
July 24, 2012AURORA, Colo. — Listening to the recordings from Friday morning’s massacre, you would think dispatcher Kathie Stauffer felt no emotion as she calmly directed resources to the Aurora movie theater where scores were injured and a dozen killed.
Read full articleHorrific Attack at Batman Screening Leaves 12 Dead
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer’s most highly anticipated films.
Read full articleStatement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter on This Morning’s Mass Shooting in Aurora
July 20, 2012“Once again our nation’s attention is riveted on a single act of violence that has claimed a dozen lives and left dozens more injured.”
Read full articlePolice: 12 Dead in Colorado Theater Shooting
July 20, 2012AURORA, Colorado (AP) — A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded Colorado movie theater at a midnight opening of the latest Batman movie, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50, authorities said.
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