Hey #UvaldePolice, this is for you.
Credit @Showtime ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ:
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ โ ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Lt. Mike Madden, who's job is largely administrative:
"The realization came to me โ I think I'm the first guy here. The first officer on scene has
2/
some decisions they have to make & I had it set in my mind that I wanted three more officers to go in with me...None of us were SWAT guys. If you were trying to formulate a team to make entry...the four of us would not be on your roster.
But that was the team that we had.
3/
That was the team that we were rolling with.
After Columbine...it became the responsibility of those first officers on scene โ whether patrolman or detective or sergeant or some stupid lieutenant who happens to be in the area โ it's our responsibility to get there, form up a
4/
team & get in & stop that bloodshed.
Waiting was never an option. It was, 'We're going & we're going now'."
๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ข โ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Mike Dailey
Commander, Aurora PD
"We had to get to the threat and the threat was in theater 9."
5/
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ โ ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Officer Andrew Delaney, Charleston PD
"We knew since we were the first officers on the scene, we were going to be the first officers in that door.
When you get to an active shooter situation, somebody has to stop them before they're
6/
going to stop killing people.
You go in."
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ โ ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Mike Wear, Bike Patrol Officer, DC Metropolitan PD
"It was, 'ok, we've got to go in. We've got to go through the door. Let's go.'
That was the conversation...because the
7/
idea behind the training is you don't have to talk about it. You've got to go do it'."
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ โ ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
13 minutes after the initial 911 call, police shot & killed the shooter.
Raymond Bottenfield, Captain, Santa Monica College PD โ off duty, no
8/
radio, no vest, smaller weapon
"Every second that you donโt catch up to him & stop him could be another life. We had to go."
"You have to keep pressing forward. You have to get in there & you have to stop this situation."
Robert Sparks, Santa Monica PD Officer
"There's a
9/
lot of things going through my head...fear...we're reacting with a lot of emotion. You've just got to control that and do what you're trained to do."
๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ข โ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
The first three officers arrived within two minutes of the first calls and entered the
10/
store within 30 seconds of their arrival
๐ข๐
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ โ ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
The shooter was taken into custody within five minutes of the first 911 call.
11/
๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ โ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Within several minutes, officers were able to locate the suspect [an active duty Green Beret] and he was taken into custody.
12/
๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ซ โ ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Base civilian policeย Sergeant Kimberly Munley, who had rushed to the scene in her patrol car, encountered the shooter outside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center and they exchanged gunfire.
Civilian police Sergeant Mark Todd felled
13/
the shooter with five shots as he attempted to reload.
The incident lasted about 10 minutes.
theiacp.org/resources/poliโฆ
14/
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ โ ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Police arrived on scene two minutes after first 911 call.
Within 10 minutes, officers closed in & the shooter killed himself.
15/
๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ โ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
The shooting began at 6:43am. The shooter was shot and killed by two police officers 15 minutes later.
16/
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ โ ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
41 rounds fired into the crowd in Ned Peppers Bar & Grill in under 30 seconds.
The shooter was fatally shot by responding police 32 seconds after the first shots were fired.
17/
๐๐ถ๐น๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ โ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Police at the scene engaged the shooter within a minute of the first shots being fired.
He died from aย self-inflicted gunshot woundย to the headย after officers had already shot him multiple times.
18/
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ โ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
4:08pm First dispatch of shooting at municipal building.
4:09pm Four officers are first to respond.
4:12pm Police enter Building 2.
4:43pm Police shoot suspect after prolonged gun fight & take him into custody.
19/
๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ โ ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Police were dispatched to the
Henry Pratt warehouse at 1:24 p.m.
Within four minutes, Aurora officers Chris Weaver and John Cebulski entered the building.
A prolonged gun fight ensued with multiple officers wounded.
20/
Officers reported atย 2:59 p.m.ย that the suspect had been shot and killed.
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ โ ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
11:18ย pm Shooter entered Borderline Bar & Grill & opened fire on 260 patrons & employees.
11:20ย pm Twoย CHP officers on a traffic stop nearby arrived on
21/
scene & were joined byย Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus four minutes after that.
Helus & one CHP officer made entry at 11:25 pm.
After a gun fight, shooter killed himself at 11:38 pm.
22/
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ข๐ โ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Shooter opens fire shortly after 9:00 am in the lobby of Fifth Third Center, shooting anyone he comes across.
Less than five minutes later, police officers outside shoot and kill him through a glass pane.
23/
๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ย ๐ ๐ โ ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Capital Gazette Shooting
The first shots were reported at 2:40 pm.
Police were on scene within 60 seconds and immediately took the shooter into custody.
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.