Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Resolution: Suicide
Sources:
1. Richard G. Jones, New York Times, “Gunman Kills 3 Members of Investment
Firm and Himself,” February 14, 2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/us/14board.html.
2. Adam Taylor, Terri Sanginiti and Andrew Tangel, Delaware Online, “Bear
Man Kills 3, Himself Over Deal Gone Bad,”
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20070214/NEWS/702140361/Bearman-kills-3-himself-over-deal-gone-bad.
Case #12
December 9, 2006: Joe Jackson opened fire at a law firm, killing three people and
wounding one other. Jackson forced a security guard, at gunpoint, to take him to the 38 th
floor of the legal offices. He chained the office doors behind him. SWAT snipers fatally
shot Jackson after a 45-minute standoff, during which he took a bystander hostage.
Reports state that Jackson believed he had been cheated over an invention of a toilet
designed for tractor-trailers.
Number of attack locations: 1
Location Information: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer in
Chicago, Illinois
Attacker Information: Joseph Jackson (59/M)
Casualties: 3 dead, 1 wounded
Number of weapons: 3
Weapon Information: Revolver; knife; other
Closest Relationship to Victim: Other
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Chicago Tribune, “Deadly Pursuit, “December 11, 2006,
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-12-11/news/0612110299_1_joe-jacksonattorney-george-jackson.
2. Amy S. Clark, CBS News, “Shooting May Be Over ‘Truck Toilet’ Patent,”
December 9, 2006,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/08/national/main2243640.shtml?source
=RSSattr=HOME_2243640.
3. Associated Press, MSNBC, “Police: Ill. Gunman Felt Cheated Over Invention, “
December 9, 2006, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16114776/ns/us_newscrime_and_courts/.
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