Mass Shooting at San Antonio Elementary School

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(07-18-2022, 11:26 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: One.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/us/indiana-greenwood-park-mall-shooting/index.html

So you're saying there were just too many at the school and and they were all waiting for someone else to make a move? 

Still, the exception.

Quote:It's rare to have an armed bystander attack an active shooter, according to a data analysis published by The New York Times.


There were at least 433 active shooter attacks in the US from 2000 to 2021, according to the data analysis. Active shooter attacks were defined as those in which one or more shooters killed or attempted to kill multiple unrelated people in a populated place.


Of those 433 active shooter cases, an armed bystander shot the attacker in 22 of the incidents. In 10 of those, the "good guy" was a security guard or an off-duty police officer, the Times reported.


And having more than one armed person at the scene who is not a member of law enforcement can create confusion and carry dire risks, the report found. For example, an armed bystander who shot and killed an attacker in 2021 in Arvada, Colorado, was himself shot and killed by the police who mistook him for the gunman, the Times reported.

However when it does happen it should be praised as the system working I suppose.