http://leb.fbi.gov/2014/january/active- ... 00-to-2012" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The federal government defines an active shooter as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area, typically through the use of firearms.”[3] ... The event had to involve one or more persons engaged in killing or attempting to kill multiple people in an area occupied by multiple unrelated individuals—at least one of the victims must be unrelated to the shooter.
GRTWT, but some notes:
- 104 events (includes Ft Hood)
- 2/3s happened at schools or businesses.
- Police respond times available for less than half of events; for those, median police response time was 3 minutes
- Median response time was only 2 minutes for solo police officers
- Of the five events with most casualties, police were on the scene in about 3 minutes
- In 45% of the events the attacker had no connection to the location
- 49% of the events were over before police arrived on scene
- Of events ended before police arrived, the attacker committed suicide 29 times, left the scene 5 times, was subdued by people on scene 14 times, was shot by people on scene 3 times.
- After police arrived on scene, the attackers committed suicide 15 times, were shot by police 23 times, surrendered to police 5 times, were subdued by police 9 times.
- In 13 cases a single police officer intervened, shooting the attacker in 10 cases, subduing the attacker 2 times; in 1 case the attacker committed suicide.
- Police were shot by the attacker in 8 cases
No mention of how many of the scenes were "No guns" zones
