School Shooting Tracker

I don’t know what the gun laws of Virginia are, but I would think the parents of a six-year-old are in trouble. In this case, the availability of a weapon might have been the issue, along with the “culture” of the family. It feels like a new low point in school shootings.

See this article — and website that tracks school shootings — “School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where.”

I think we all know that if you have a website tracking anything, this is not a “one off” type of event.

In the list of hazards you have to deal with for your jurisdiction, I think school and/or mass shootings have to be on it. They are too common to ignore and they can happen anywhere.

Yes, you have a role to play, even if it is only logistics in supporting the first responders and then the media aftermath, memorial services, community events, personal property, etc. Listen to this podcast that speaks to the role of emergency management by an emergency manager who lived a horrific mass shooting:“The 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting.”