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On October 27, 2018, white supremacist Robert Bowers murdered 11 congregants and wounded 2 others in a shooting spree at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bowers is reported to h...
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After the September 11, 2001, attacks, the mission, focus, and culture of the FBI shifted to reflect a new top priority: preventing acts of terrorism. This shift to a more proactive and prevention-bas...
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Throughout history incidents of targeted violence and assassination have been prompted by various motives—political gain, personal fame, a grievance, a real or perceived wrong, or jealousy from a fa...
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In 2017, the Las Vegas, Nevada, Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) adopted a series of interventions designed to reduce gang and gun violence across Las Vegas. In partnership with the Internationa...
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On May 3, 1993, Deputy Kent Hintergardt (Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s Office) was murdered by Mark Kamaka in Temecula, California, while responding to a domestic violence call. Kamaka had...
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February 14, 2020, marked two years since 17 students and staff were killed and 17 more were injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This tragedy and others like it have ...
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In September 2019, then-IACP President Paul M. Cell convened a task force to study acts of targeted violence. This Targeted Violence Task Force has sought information from experts in medicine, ...
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On the evening of May 23, 2014, in the California campus community of Isla Vista, a student who was socially isolated and had long stopped attending classes at Santa Barbara City College, killed six p...
