A few of us tried to help this poor man, but he was gone". A police lockdown of the area as the shootings progressed saw shops, offices and even the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant close their doors.
It was, however, a single incident: quite distinct from what is now the single rolling, continuous mass phenomenon of school shootings now in progress in the US.
Yet such anecdotes are far from conclusive, said Pete Blair, a criminal justice professor at Texas State University who coauthored a 2014 study of "active shooter incidents" — defined as shootings still in progress when officers respond — for the FBI.
In many cases, officers were returned to duty on the streets while investigations into shootings were still in progress.
More than three years later, APD shootings are down, but progress on reform has been slow.
It started fairly innocently, throwing eggs at windows and playing knock down ginger, then progressed to shootings, gang rivalry and dealing drugs.
Comment showcases Gary Younge, writing, yet again, about a gun massacre in the US, where there are too many post-shooting speeches and too little progress.
But after Tuesday's shootings, teachers and students fear that progress will succumb to instability once again.
A1 Officials investigating the sniper shootings said that they were making progress in their three-week investigation, but the dead ends have outnumbered the successes so far.
Expressing its deep sorrow, WHO issued a statement saying the shootings will not distract from the progress Pakistan is making in its fight to wipe out polio.
