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Just heard about this. A ton of my kids friends are in the same building as where it started apparently.

Authorities in Houston, Texas say a gang of armed robbers targeted a Valero gas station and convenience store on the city’s southeast side late Thursday night, but were stopped by an armed citizen who opened fire. Police responded to the store shortly before 9 p.m., where witnesses told them that a car with five individuals inside had pulled in to the station. Four of the men got out of the vehicle and entered the store, with the fifth man remaining behind the wheel. Once inside, the four pulled out guns and demanded customers and employees hand over their cash. That’s...

There is currently an active shooter situation developing at Trump Tower Chicago, according to multiple reports. Currently, not much is confirmed, but multiple sources on Twitter are reporting that Chicago police and SWAT teams are surrounding the building; it is alleged that a woman was armed with a rifle when she entered.

SACRAMENTO, CA — There was a massive police response to a reported active shooter at a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County Monday evening. The scene is near Wyda Way and Ethan Way — the site of ‘The Church in Sacramento.’ Police have provided few details. Although, scanner reports indicated ‘multiple people down.’

A man fired from a south central Nebraska grain complex Thursday returned to the facility and started shooting at his former colleagues killing two, and injuring on others according to the Nebraska State Patrol. The gunman, identified as Max Hoskinson, 61, was shot and killed by another employee of the Agrex facility in Superior, Nebraska.The Nebraska State Patrol was called to assist the Nuckolls County Sheriff’s Office and Superior Police Department with a response to an active shooter incident at the Agrex Elevator in Superior at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. They found one person dead, Hoskinson and another person gravely wounded...

At least 12 people were shot in East St. Louis Thursday night, with the suspected gunman's car carrying crashing into a passing train as they tried to flee The mass shooting occurred on the 500 block of Martin Luther King Drive, with six people taken to St. Louis University Hospital as of Thursday evening The three suspects then tried to flee the scene in their vehicle, but were struck by a passing train as they attempted to cross the train tracks Meanwhile, police say they are currently searching for the three suspects in a wooded area near 5th and Missouri,...

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (WISH) — A gunman launched an unprovoked attack Tuesday afternoon against two men who were working in the Brownsburg Cemetery, and the aggression ended with two of the three men dead, the town police department said late Wednesday night. A fourth man, a passing motorist, shot and killed the gunman, who was identified as Joshua Hayes, 22, of Indianapolis, according to a news release issued late Wednesday night by Capt. Jennifer Pyatt-Barrett, the investigations division commander of the Brownsburg Police Department. The other man who died, one of the two working in the cemetery, was identified as Seth...

GUNSHOTS have reportedly been fired at a US military base in California. Several reports have emerged on social media of an “active shooter” at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in California. The base also known as 29 Palms, is the largest US Marine Corps base.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A active-duty soldier at Fort Leavenworth is being hailed a hero for intervening and ending an active shooting Wednesday morning on the Centennial Bridge. Police say his actions saved multiple lives. Leavenworth Police Chief Patrick Kitchens said officers were called to the bridge at 11 a.m. for a report of shots fired that was originally reported as a result of road rage. When officers arrived they found one man with a gunshot wound and another man trapped under a car. Emergency crews took both to a Kansas City hospital with serious injuries. As police investigated and spoke...

The Air Force base in Tampa is on lockdown while law enforcement officers respond to reports of an active shooter. TAMPA, Fla. — Law enforcement members are responding to MacDill Air Force Base after reports of an active shooter. MacDill confirmed the base in Tampa was on lockdown Friday morning, but the lockdown has since been lifted. The base confirmed it is still investigating the possibility of an active shooter. No further information was immediately available. Traffic is at a standstill on numerous roads around the base near downtown Tampa.

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - An active shooter situation at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has left at least three victims injured, including two critically. Meanwhile, reports indicate that the shooter has been “secured.” Sources tell Hawaii News Now that several civilians are among the gunshot victims.

There are numerous reports of an "active shooter" in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Several police officer have been injured. It is unclear, at this time, how many other people have been shot or killed. We do not know if this was an ambush or something else. The Nicetown neighborhood is in urban decay with many abandoned buildings, according to wikipedia. The population is predominantly black and Hispanic, about 85% black and 7% hispanic, with a sprinkling of others.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. The Springfield, Mo. Police Department say nobody was injured and officers arrested following response to an active-shooter call at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in the southwest Missouri city. Springfield station KY3 reports the Springfield PD arrived on the scene within three minutes of the call. Police tell KY3 a man appearing to be in his 20s, pulled up to the store donning body army and military fatigues. "Police say the man had tactical weapons," KY3 reports. Police say the man walked into the store, grabbed a cart and began pushing it around the store. They say he used...

Police in El Paso, Texas, are responding Saturday to an active shooter in the area of the Cielo Vista Mall, the agency tweeted. "Scene is still active," police wrote, adding, "avoid the area" around Hawkins and Gateway East boulevards. At least three businesses in the area are on lockdown. Three Walmart employees took refuge at a Landry's Seafood house, restaurant manager Oscar Collazo told CNN. The women appeared "shook up" but not injured. Landry's had already gone on lockdown, he said, but opened its doors when the employees ran there.

TORRANCE, Calif. — Police swarmed the Del Amo Fashion Center shopping mall in Torrance Monday amid reports of an active shooter. Multiple agencies were responding. Witnesses report hearing multiple gunshots — At least one person was injured.

Just got this hit off my work Travel App. I think it said a Community Center - I'm waiting for it to reload right now. Will post verbatim once I have it

oregon-wr-lowe-stops-armed-student Great story! Need more stories like one when it comes to school shootings

A student who plans to become a Marine helped tackle and disarm one of the shooters at Colorado’s STEM School Highlands Ranch Tuesday. NBC News reports that Brendan Brialy, a senior at STEM, and other students tackled one of the two gunmen during the 2:00 p.m. attack.

Don’t get me wrong: a hard hockey puck traveling at 90 mph is a dangerous projectile. Just ask Tampa Lightening fan, Sabrina PattieOf course you need a skilled athlete on an ice rink with a regulation hockey stick in order to get off that kind of slapshot. But even stipulating to that, the new Oakland University backup plan for thwarting active shooters on campus by arming faculty and students with defensive hockey pucks seems less than optimal. University officials say the pucks are intended as a “last resort” response and would be “better than nothing.” I don’t know about you,...

MIDDLETON, Wis. - Authorities are responding to reports of a shooter at a Middleton commercial building Wednesday morning, a Dane County dispatcher said. The Dane County Communications Center dispatcher said dispatch received multiple reports of an active shooter in the 1800 block of Deming Way beginning at 10:25 a.m. Middleton police sent an alert to residents in the area to lock their doors and shelter in place. The Middleton High School, Kromrey Middle School and Clark Street Community School are on lockdown Wednesday, a school district spokesman told News 3. Multiple other places in the area are on lockdown, including...