How to Use active shooter in a Sentence

active shooter

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  • And my daughter goes to school and there was an active shooter on her campus within that same month, as well.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 July 2024
  • Police were called to the scene after receiving calls about an active shooter.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 6 July 2024
  • It is safely locked, so in the case of an active shooter the teacher has to get the key to unlock the gun.
    — For The Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024
  • And even if a school does have an SRO, they may not be armed or equipped to respond to an active shooter.
    — Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | Stryens-Fernandes@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But that’s what we’re trained to do — go after active shooters.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
  • Police said the nature of the call was changed to an active shooter call as officers were on the way.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2024
  • There was no active shooter, and the mall reopened after about an hour.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • My younger sister called me and said there was an active shooter at Jackie’s school.
    — Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • Experts say the best response to an active shooter is a forceful one.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
  • Her husband called her at work and told her there was an active shooter at Oxford High.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Today, stop, drop, and roll has been replaced with active shooter drills.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 4 Mar. 2024
  • An active shooter alert went out to all school parents, Keast said, noting James Crumbley went home to check for the gun.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The caller claimed there was an active shooter in a particular room at Mt. Healthy High School, the district said.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The conversation on a recent night turned to active shooter drills, because a few of our kids had just gone through one at each of their schools.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The idea for the active shooter kits came from one of the officers who was shot and injured that day: Officer Jack Blowers, Bokhari said.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • Police had for months reported a huge surge in fake claims about active shooters at schools and colleges.
    — Jeff Amy, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • State police troopers were dispatched to the hospital on a call of an active shooter, Hall said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Police responded that Thursday to the church on a report of an active shooter.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Police received a call about an active shooter at 10:13 a.m.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Officers were first called to the gym on reports of an active shooter, which turned out to be inaccurate.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Police received the initial call about an active shooter at 10:13 a.m.
    — Jonathan Mattise, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Many called for law enforcement officers at all schools to cut down on response time in case of an active shooter or other threat to students.
    — Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Police did not say in the video whether the student ever fired any shots or why the incident was changed from a person with a weapon to an active shooter call while officers were en route.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The company then deploys drones to follow an active shooter.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Nashville Police receive a call of an active shooter inside Covenant School.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Last month, two schools in Nashville were targeted with fake active shooter calls, said Kristin Mumford, a spokeswoman for the Nashville police.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Just this year, a study out of UC Davis found that mass and active shooters in California have distinct gun purchasing patterns.
    — Owen Tucker-Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Mitchell was responding to shots fired and an active shooter at an apartment complex on Blaisdell Avenue South.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 8 June 2024
  • An emergency alert was also sent to residents' phones warning of an active shooter at the middle school.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
  • And then came the 911 call suggesting there was an active shooter in the Hart Senate Office Building and what has become an all-too-familiar routine kicked in.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Aug. 2023

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