Thread by @Rindie611

Hey #UvaldePolice, this is for you.

Credit @Showtime 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳:

𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟭𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱
Lt. Mike Madden, who's job is largely administrative:

"The realization came to me – I think I'm the first guy here. The first officer on scene has

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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.

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That was the team that we were rolling with.

After Columbine...it became the responsibility of those first officers on scene – whether patrolman or detective or sergeant or some stupid lieutenant who happens to be in the area – it's our responsibility to get there, form up a

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team & get in & stop that bloodshed.

Waiting was never an option. It was, 'We're going & we're going now'."

𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗢 – 𝟭𝟮 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱
Mike Dailey
Commander, Aurora PD

"We had to get to the threat and the threat was in theater 9."

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𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗖 – 𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱
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

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going to stop killing people.

You go in."

𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗖 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗱 – 𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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

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idea behind the training is you don't have to talk about it. You've got to go do it'."

𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

13 minutes after the initial 911 call, police shot & killed the shooter.

Raymond Bottenfield, Captain, Santa Monica College PD – off duty, no

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radio, no vest, smaller weapon

"Every second that you don’t 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

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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."

𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗢 – 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

The first three officers arrived within two minutes of the first calls and entered the

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store within 30 seconds of their arrival

𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝗜 – 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

The shooter was taken into custody within five minutes of the first 911 call.

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𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝗟 – 𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

Within several minutes, officers were able to locate the suspect [an active duty Green Beret] and he was taken into custody.

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𝗙𝘁. 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗫 – 𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

Base civilian police 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

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the shooter with five shots as he attempted to reload.

The incident lasted about 10 minutes.
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𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

Police arrived on scene two minutes after first 911 call.

Within 10 minutes, officers closed in & the shooter killed himself.

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𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗙𝗟 – 𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

The shooting began at 6:43am. The shooter was shot and killed by two police officers 15 minutes later.

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𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗛 – 𝟵 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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.

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𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗿𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

Police at the scene engaged the shooter within a minute of the first shots being fired.

He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after officers had already shot him multiple times.

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𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗩𝗔 – 𝟭𝟮 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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.

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𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗜𝗟 – 𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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.

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Officers reported at 2:59 p.m. that the suspect had been shot and killed.

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

11:18 pm Shooter entered Borderline Bar & Grill & opened fire on 260 patrons & employees.

11:20 pm Two CHP officers on a traffic stop nearby arrived on

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scene & were joined by 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.

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𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗢𝗛 – 𝟯 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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.

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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗗 – 𝟱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱

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.