Move toward the gunfire and take out the shooter.
Today’s “active shooter” protocol, a lesson learned from the deadly Columbine shooting more than 20 years ago, did not happen at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14, 2018. And it didn’t happen at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, where 19 children and two teachers were massacred in an attack that lasted more than an hour.
The incident commander made a bad call by not giving the order to breach the locked door where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos carried out his rampage, a top Texas state police official admitted Friday. Instead, the on-scene commander decided to wait for more officers and safety equipment to arrive.
