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Gainesville police educate public on active-shooter response
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An instructional video plays during the Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event put on by the Gainesville Police in Gainesville, on Thursday, April 5, 2018. The free event aims to teach citizens how to react in case they were faced with an active shooter situation. - photo by David Barnes
The shooting roughly 48 hours earlier at YouTube headquarters in California added to the list of recent examples in the presentation Thursday night in Gainesville on active shooter incidents. Gainesville Police Cpl. Drew Reed mentioned the YouTube shooting along with incidents across the United States reaching back to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, which “changed the way police respond to these situations,” the corporal said.