Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, “Connecticut Student Held in Shooting
Death of Custodian,” December 11, 1985, http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-
11/news/mn-898_1.
2. Associated Press, Reading Eagle, “13-year old Fatally Guns Down School
Custodian, Injures Two,” December 11, 1985,
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19851211&id=BBoiAAAAI
BAJ&sjid=gqYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3025,244519.
3. Associated Press, Lewiston Daily Sun, “Concord Superintendent Offers to Help
Conn. School,” December 13, 1985,
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19851213&id=sIIpAAAAIB
AJ&sjid=FGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3413,2700214.
Case #219
January 21, 1985: James Alan Kearbey opened fire at his high school, killing the
principal and wounding two teachers and a student. Kearbey’s classmates claimed he
was fascinated with military weapons and war.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: Goddard Junior High School in Goddard,
Kansas
Attacker Information: James Alan Kearbey (14/M)
Casualties: 1 dead; 3 wounded
Number of Weapons: 2
Weapon Information: Rifle (M1-A); handgun (.357-magnum)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: Academic
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Associated Press, The Free Lance-Star “14-year-old charged in Shooting Spree,”,
January 22, 1985,
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19850122&id=V1MQAAA
AIBAJ&sjid=V4sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5241,2995151.
2. Indianapolis Star, “School Violence Around the World,” October 2, 2006,
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/school_violence/school_shootin
gs.html.
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